Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

127 reviews

isusp_65's review against another edition

dark funny 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

3.5

getraumatiseerd, ik weet niet eens of het boek slecht is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

hollystopreading's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The book really makes you appreciate the movie even more. Don’t be afraid to skip over bits if it’s  traumatizing and/or boring. Not very plot heavy and doesn’t outright say anything in particular which allows people to warp it to fit sexist/racist/classist/homophobic views but is OBVIOUSLY NOT in support of that. What Ellis thought was an extreme example that clearly points of the flawed views of businessmen is now seen as a twisted goal for men on Reddit to aspire to. :/ totally sick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Classism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Homophobia, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

schlong01's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense 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

2.5

American Psycho is thriller about a possibly gay but definitely nihilistic man covering up his identity by copying those of everyone around him. This theme is always present as he gets confused a lot with other people and just goes with it.  He adopts their views on politics, the state of the world, their interests etc. Except when he doesn't and violently breaks out of this cycle with awful acts of sexual frustrated murder. His character slowly deteriorates over the course of the novel disalusioning himself with his made up personality.

It's a wonderful critique of businessman and capitalism in general with very many details woven into it. But those details often become dreadful as a whole chapter can be just Patrick's opinion on a newly released album or the things he bought yesterday. Although the author is a genius at writing in great detail, this often becomes his downfall, as he does not seem to know when to use said detailism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Child death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Violence, Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Antisemitism, Bullying, Gore, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Classism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Emotional abuse

jaspercanread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

0.25

I hate men!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Racial slurs, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Homophobia, Animal death, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Racism, and Sexism

kurto's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

nemonobody11's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Thoughts and rating to come later.


So I'm not gonna rate this book. The more I thought about it, the more I knew I couldn't rate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Alcoholism, Classism, Hate crime, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Child death, Homophobia, Violence, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Alcohol, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

autumnwhite's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Misogyny, Mental illness, Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Abortion, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Homophobia, Hate crime, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

icepulsar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

Very dark, brutal. Informative about psychopathy. Critiques people in power who close ranks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Classism, Transphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Homophobia, Addiction, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

paperback_sam's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Antisemitism, Body horror, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Abortion, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

odderikat's review against another edition

challenging 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

1.0

So graphic and gory it was hard to read. It was like staring into the eyes of commercial, corporate America while it tries to eat you alive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Abortion, Blood, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Cannibalism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse