Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

23 reviews

kylamayb'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

2.0

This book was well written. That is just about all the praise I can give it. I would not recommend my worst enemy read this book. I love horror and figured I would give this book a go, I have never regretted a decision more in my life. This book is full of gore, sexual assault, racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, classism, animal abuse, etc etc. I understand that that was the point of the novel, however, I think that it was disgusting in a bad way. A lot of this book felt too real and in your face. I was able to somewhat enjoy when confessions were slipped in nonchalantly between Bateman's ravings but those scenes were few and far between. When there weren't pages upon pages of scenes graphically describing sexual assault it was repetitive. Once again, I understand that that was the point of the book however, it was boring. When I wasn't nauseated from the graphic violence described I was simply bored. I gave this book three stars because it was written well, if it was written worse it would have easily received one star.

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Car accident, Abortion, and Classism

ebb_and_flow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Eating disorder, Rape, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

nancyfromnowon's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

5.0

Incredible book that was so hard to put down, I didn’t want to finish it! The fact that the author allowed the story to be up to interpretation and let readers theorise made it all the more exciting. Truly a masterpiece, from the invigorating writing to the plot. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Car accident