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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

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laurenmdolphin's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This book was so shockingly boring. Endless paragraphs of monotonous descriptions of designer clothing brands and otherwise non-interesting babble made this a really dull read. I understand that they were there to portray his mindset and pretentious personality but, for the sake of the reader, they didn’t need to take up such a large portion of the book. There is only one gross/shocking scene that I can remember from the entire book, otherwise everything else was very forgettable

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waltjessexo's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

the point is that it's disturbing and on-the-nose, but it being "the point" doesn't mean you have to call it a good book. it accomplishes making you feel horrified and is necessary art but it's normal to not enjoy it anyway.

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arifairy's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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maybbrenna's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

fascinating way of writing, really captures the essence of a psychopath, but i have never been so disgusted by a book in my life. i now understand why this book is considered one of the most disturbing. never read something more bleak and hopeless in my life. i would go back to do a “slur/hate crime” count but i would rather shoot myself in the foot than ever read this again. i’d give it two stars, but there were some parts where I was still interested near the end and in the beginning, but over all, jesus fucking Christ. i need to start reading romance or something.

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synclaire's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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lyeelia's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Well, it’s a book that has been on my TBR for a couple years and I finally finished it. I had to take breaks often because some of the scenes were extremely difficult to read.
This isn’t a favorite and not something that I would ever recommend. I usually keep books after I read them but I don’t think I’d be upset about getting rid of it. I just don’t know how I would do so without someone else getting their eyes on it.
There are a few mundane chapters that I think add to Patrick’s instability since he is so focused on the wrong things. I also hated how it seemed that others found out about what he did but he never faced any consequences and I think it was in part due to him being so rich. I know that this is some of the point of this story, but it’s a reflection of how life can be.

Being glad that I’ve read this is an inaccurate statement especially given the nature of it but I’m not disappointed to have read it.

I just never want to read these words again.

That said, the writing is great because of the ability to stir up all of these feelings even if the most prominent one is nausea.

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beyondthevalley's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really loving going through Ellis' work although this made me nauseous and viscerally upset multiple times. Was a bit surreal reading this as someone with harm OCD because strangely Ellis portrays intrusive thoughts pitch-perfectly here — just with a man for whom they are not ego-dystonic for.

Probably taking a mini-Ellis break though it is not good for the psyche to take all this in at once! However it's worth noting that he has great humor and commentary on the excess and sociopathy of rich young white men who all strive for a paradoxical individuality through rigid conformity to the point of constantly being confused for each other, and seeing him touch ever so slightly on the early 90s and the descent from that peak was an interesting touch not seen in Less Than Zero.

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