Reviews tagging 'Murder'

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

524 reviews

dianavd05's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

karinikarini's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

kingspite618's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

littlebeereads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I watched the movie ages ago and decided to read the book recently. Gosh I did not realise how much more gory it was than the movie. If you don’t like body horror then this is definitely not for you but I found the whole book fascinating. Going from talking about designer clothing (which happens a lot) to lunches and clubbing to full on mutilation is wild. I HIGHLY suggest you read the epilogue if you do read it as I think it’s really interesting hearing Ellis’ view on his book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

leseric's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

claawrah's review against another edition

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

3.25

I don’t really know what to think. It’s written really well and Bateman is a very interesting character to read about, but sometimes I just didn’t understand where the story was going. And this just might be me but sometimes scenes were so gross that is really had to stop reading. I will definitely also be watching the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

Moderate: Sexism and Xenophobia

corporateballerina's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense slow-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

I love this book and (believe it or not) have read it a couple times, but its recommendation comes with major caveats.

Absolutely no reader should go in blind. Know that there are many scenes of explicit violence, sex (consensual and non-consensual), and language. It is not an easy book to read. Also know that it’s a dark comedy and a criticism of yuppie culture, capitalism, and toxic masculinity. It requires a deeper look and shouldn’t be taken at face-value. 

If you can get past that, the postmodern satire is impeccable. Serial murders are interspersed with reviews of Phil Collins’s music, with Patrick Bateman serving as the ultimate unreliable narrator. What adds to this effect, in a meta way, are readers’ reactions to it; anyone who treats the novel as a handbook is completely missing the point.

I’ll also note that I listened to this on audiobook, narrated by Pablo Schreiber. I don’t quite know how he managed to get through reading it aloud.

I suppose the final verdict is this: IYKYK, and you have to know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Classism

totini's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rschwarz's review against another edition

dark funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, and Murder

ljp223's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment