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molly_au's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, Animal death, Physical abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Ableism, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Antisemitism, Body shaming, and Alcohol
danhall27's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Rape, Animal death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Physical abuse
emmaluisa's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Rape, Gore, Murder, Death, and Sexual violence
perer42's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Body horror, Mental illness, Gore, Murder, Torture, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Drug use
elons_love_child's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Abortion, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Sexual assault, Torture, Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Blood, Misogyny, and Rape
Moderate: Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Abortion, and Infidelity
plathandthebelljar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cursing, Classism, Mental illness, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Misogyny, Gore, Death, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Torture, and Drug use
Moderate: Mental illness, Cannibalism, Classism, Drug abuse, Murder, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Gore
Minor: Homophobia and Ableism
pantslint's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The extreme violence against women in American Psycho is quite honestly unnecessary. Yes—Bateman is literally a murderer and actually the worst person ever, but it turned into senseless torture porn. There is an extreme amount of sexual violence disproportionate to the need for my understanding of his character. I can already infer that he's a raging, violent misogynist—without the detailed grisly scenes
Even more, I think Ellis uses enough methods to display the unraveling psychological state of Bateman's character, without having to write such extreme scenes of torture.
For example:
senseless and increasingly violent murders of the poor - completely unreliable narration
- stream of consciousness writing
chapters that are just random reviews of music albums increasingly racist and homophobic descriptions of others, including frequent slurs his ample knowledge of other serial killers and their lives In Ch. 46, when narration switches to 3rd-person as he dissociates
This book made me fucking LAUGH. There are so many one-liners and ridiculous conversations to choose from:
Price says, "...for Christ sakes—you can get dyslexia from pussy—" when talking out of his ass about the AIDS epidemic (Ch. 1) "You spin a dreidel, Preston... not a menorah. You spin a dreidel." (Ch. 3) Bateman's tirade about the red snapper pizza (Ch. 4), because what a fucking freak Van Patten replying, "They didn't look Spanish to me." when Price sarcastically remarks that the table of women would be hot if you speak Farsi (Ch. 5) The f-bomb war in the bathroom (Ch. 5) A CLUB LITERALLY CALLED "NEKENIEH" (Ch. 10) "...the thing looks like a fucking Big Mac" (Ch. 14) the phrase, "low, faggoty whisper" in Ch. 21 because what in the actual fuck does that mean MAKING FUN OF THE OLD QUEER MAN'S LISP IN HIS NARRATION... "Akthent on thee latht thyllable" and "exathperated" was FOULLLLL (Ch. 22) The dithrethpect is crazy 😭 All of Chapter 41, "Another Night." Because what in the Mean Girls??? The chocolate dipped urinal cake in Ch 43....
All in all, I enjoyed the book. I'm sorry, I skipped the album review chapters. And the branded descriptions of what everyone wears. If I didn't, I don't think I would have finished this book at all.
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Sexual violence, Rape, Torture, Murder, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Classism, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Racial slurs
Minor: Vomit
avery_hutchinson's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Blood, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Violence, Addiction, Cursing, Mental illness, and Animal death
shazzalovesnovels's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Animal death, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Drug use, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Murder, Violence, Rape, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Body horror, Torture, Blood, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Racism, and Gore
Minor: Abortion and Animal death
gawdz0rz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Torture, Gore, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Classism, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Body shaming, Racism, and Homophobia
Minor: Drug abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Vomit, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Eating disorder