Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

69 reviews

p_alice11's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, Gore, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Ableism, Child death, Death, Xenophobia, Torture, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Classism, Cannibalism, and Body horror

madysonlorraine's review against another edition

So so so so boring, insufferable actually

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Violence

ejr1904's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

4.75

A grotesque critique of capitalism. 

You either love it or you hate it. It’s vile and unwavering. One of the few books that made my stomach turn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

kileylillian's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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

4.25

one of my favorite critiques of capitalism and the culture it fosters amongst rich white people. a very insightful look into how capitalism is violence against the working class

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

skip the rat scene SKIP THE RAT SCENE PLEASE

_jennaalbright_'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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism and Alcohol

orange_flower's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion

cayleejanet's review against another edition

this was the worst 200 pages i’ve ever read. patrick as a character isn’t well written, like obviously the point isn’t to like him it’s to understand him, but nothing he does has any explanation past “he’s a psychopath”. fuck this book dude. and so much of it is just descriptions of what people are wearing and all the bullshit - i get that the point is about capitalism and apathy, but i seriously did not care. i could not begin to care about Ellis’ message or ideas. fuck this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Ableism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Gore

lakeus's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

deethebiblio's review against another edition

I really need to pay attention to trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, and Transphobia