Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

59 reviews

dancingwithourhandstied's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.0

Apathetic, I didn’t enjoy this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder and Alcohol

barbaricyawp89's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.75

i’m not sure what i was expecting from this book, but i was suprised by how bored i felt while reading it and i’m not really sure why. it did pick up towards the end with the more outrightly disturbing stuff, but otherwise i feel kinda “meh” about it. it wasn’t a bad book by any means, just somehow really boring despite the premise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

jamesflan's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

acselman's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse

adrireism's review against another edition

dark relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I had high expectations but the book is boring. The writing is sarcastic and captivating, hence the positive score, but the whole book is just a sequence of utterly boring events filled with hopelessness and personal decay that lead nowhere. Rich kids doing drugs and being awful to everyone around them. Every time you pick up the book you feel icky, but you can't stop reading because you feel a disaster is around the corner to break the stagnation. Turns out the book *is* the disaster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Alcohol

astrono9's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol

juliet331's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Il libro è scorrevole, e l'organizzazione dei paragrafi (brevi) ne invoglia la lettura. Tuttavia, non mi ha entusiasmato perché si ripete troppe volte in situazioni identiche con una leggera differenza appena accennata. Anche la noia palpabile , a volte risulta eccessiva nella narrazione e non fa apprezzare altro che passa più in profondità , ma che poi esce prepotentemente nelle ultime 30/40 pagine. I personaggi sono stereotipati e tutti uguali, fotocopie di sé stessi.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

longlegegg's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Antisemitism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

kittiesss's review against another edition

dark sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Minor: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Abortion

chay_sand's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

I am torn. One on hand the prose was really nice, immersing me in California without even ever being there. On the other hand, it can get graphic. And with that descriptive prose that is a strength of the book, it also doesn't allow the reader to hide as things get worse. Better than I expected though, so I guess I liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion