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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Eating disorder, Abortion, Gaslighting
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Classism
Moderate: Fatphobia, Excrement, Cannibalism, Alcohol
Minor: Abortion
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder
Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Cannibalism, Abortion, Classism
It’s the kind of book I am glad I read, wouldn’t unread, but really cannot recommend to many people.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, Classism
And then it'll hit you with a chapter so violent and misogynistic and violating that you wish you never picked it up re: every single chapter titled 'Girls'.
Thank you to my friend who loaned me this book as it is a banned book where I live and cannot be bought, borrowed from a library, or shipped into the state due to its contents (which... I kinda get now.. but also STOP BANNING BOOKS!), thanks, and I hate it.
But it was also really good ?????
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Car accident, Abortion
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, Classism
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.
Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Abortion