Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

66 reviews

benjameen's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Murder, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

kkalicky94's review

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

yeuniversse's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders

hollieadaw'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Antisemitism, Drug use, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Hate crime

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

nouanni's review against another edition

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

2.0

put me into a reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Ableism, Violence, Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Excrement, Addiction, and Body shaming

onescrambledegg's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.25

A great read, but not really for the faint hearted, a lot of the chapters (especially the later ones) are very graphic and explicit, with detailed torture etc. I read an online analysis for every chapter online, as it's very in depth, no doubt a classic with very interesting messages!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, Hate crime, Death, Cursing, Blood, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cannibalism, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Racism, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Drug abuse

orange_flower'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion

olivialambert16's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Sexism, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Cursing, Cannibalism, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

devin_raquel's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, and Misogyny

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

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Content Warnings

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

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