Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

47 reviews

daisiescaroline's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

I hate that I liked this book so much. It’s been on my to buy and read list for a good couple of years but I could never be bothered to actually do anything about it. I’m so glad I read it though.
Ignoring the content, I loved the writing and narrative style and it was so easy to keep reading it and wanting to attempt to follow the thoughts and semi-disjointed story.
The actual content and characters were presented so well, in a way that as much as I probably shouldn’t have enjoyed it, I definitely did. 
There weren’t any cats but honestly, I wouldn’t want them in it anyway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

eurydice_books_09's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

American Psycho is my favorite movie so obviously I liked this book, but it was a little bit traumatizing haha. Boring lot’s of times but the murder scenes are very descriptive and nothing that I’ve ever seen before so I did like that a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, Ableism, Alcohol, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Child death, Death, Body shaming, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

lizzy_hatesreading's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.0

Hard to read. I give the author credit for his imagination. Book does get a reaction out of you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Take breaks reading this book

abbybiegs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

2.75

this book gave me visceral reactions like i was so uncomfortable the entire time. not to mention the gory and disturbing images described throughout the entirety of the book. it was a challenging book, and as a young adult, this definitely cleared up the types of books that i’m interested in (and i can guarantee i will never read something like this ever again). this book has definitely earned its reputation, i would take your mental state into consideration and i would recommend knowing what your limits are before opening this one. also, the book just like… wasn’t good? lmfao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

alejandrasuarez98'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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

litltlehistorian's review against another edition

It took me two goes to try and get through this. I just couldn't get into it. Some of the descriptions made me gag and feel physically ill. If you aren't aware (or even if you are) that this is satire it can be a confronting and cruel read. On the other hand it can also be a witty and interesting gaze at 80s Wall Street Guppies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence

emipov's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

I have no idea how to rate this. It’s the most deranged thing I have ever read but masterfully executed. Excessive in every sense, viscerally sickening, and undoubtedly brilliant. I certainly won’t be reading it again, and part of me wants to burn it, but am I glad I read it? I really don’t know. I’m relieved it’s over, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit