Reviews

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

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

chris_nelta'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

3.5

haslock's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

motherbird76's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I really disliked this book. Odd since the book I chose with “similar plot” I really liked. I would never read this again and would actually not disagree with someone who said this should not be anywhere children can get ahold of it. 

milaniezh's review against another edition

4.0

holy fuck.

gawdz0rz'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

2.75

i never want to see the word “hardbody” ever again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Classism, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Body shaming, Racism, and Homophobia

Minor: Drug abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Vomit, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Eating disorder

daeity's review against another edition

not interested anymore :/

olgaokhrimenko's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

2.5

samchelsey's review against another edition

challenging 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: Cannibalism, Body horror, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

pansy_ass's review against another edition

5.0

A stirring and thoroughly disturbing account of material obsession and personal desensitization, this book bled me of every ounce of humanity (but thankfully not every ounce of my ACTUAL blood, as many of the pretty young things in this novel were), challenged the depth of my empathy and, if I'm being candid, aroused me in the most depraved of ways.

Patrick, my darling, you are one sick son of a bitch. And I can't exactly tell if I want to dissect your brain to look for a tumour, a blood clot or any other aberration that would account for your insanity, sit you down over a tumbler of J&B in an attempt to pry every single thing from your mind like none of your paralleled characters ever did, or beat you to death for your atrocities.

Probably all three. But...not in that order.

One thing I can surely and securely say Pat Bateman has taught me over the course of 399 pages and however many typed characters is the monotony life truly is. And although my dissatisfaction with reality has yet to tally up a body count, who knows what will transpire in the future? Who knows who out of all you fine, lucid-looking individuals is secretly an American Psycho?

Food for thought.