Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

136 reviews

isabel_is_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Torture, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Classism, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Cursing, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

sanrio_snail's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Animal death, Racism, Torture, Transphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Vomit, Violence, Xenophobia, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Cursing, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

grassgoat's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, Gore, Homophobia, Vomit, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Hate crime, Gun violence, Alcohol, Abortion, Torture, Sexism, Murder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Cursing, Classism, and Rape

molly_au's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny reflective 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

4.0

Very, very gruesome.

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Content Warnings

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

perer42's review against another edition

dark 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: 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

plathandthebelljar's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

avery_hutchinson'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

3.0

Interesting writing style, but it felt like the book was attempting to be as vulgar and dark as possible without having much of a clear message that I could discern. 

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Content Warnings

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

challenging dark funny sad tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

itsbethanynixon's review against another edition

The book itself is so long and I’ve have listened to hours upon hours of it on audible and it’s just not getting anywhere in the story - I don’t actually mind the content warning I’ve listed when there’s an actual story that goes along with it… the characters seem so two-dimensional and it’s boring as fuck 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Gore, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, and Fatphobia

serenspace's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Murder, Torture, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Misogyny, and Pedophilia