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idaanette's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
0.25
Graphic: Rape, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Physical abuse
Minor: Suicide attempt, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug use, and Rape
_bxllxe_'s review
- 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
Bret Easton Ellis is fascinated with these questions, and he explores the answers in this chilling, dystopian LA landscape.
“I want to go back,” Daniel says, quietly, with effort.
“Where?” I ask, unsure.
There’s a long pause that kind of freaks me out and Daniel finishes his drink and fingers the sunglasses he’s still wearing and says, “I don’t know. Just back.”
“[…] she thinks I want to hug her or something and she comes over to me and puts her arms around my back and says something like ‘I think we’ve all lost some sort of feeling.’”
“But you don’t need anything. You have everything,” I tell him.
Rip looks at me. “No. I don’t.”
“What?”
“No, I don’t.”
There’s a pause and then I ask, “Oh, shit, Rip, what don’t you have?”
“I don’t have anything to lose.”
Graphic: Trafficking, Drug abuse, Rape, and Addiction
Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, and Violence
Minor: Abortion, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, and Racial slurs
katerina_l's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Biphobia, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
stefo's review against another edition
- 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
On one hand it felt really slow and not a lot of things really happened, the characters were incredibly unlikable and I didn't really care a lot for anybody.
On the other hand It was quite easy to read and I managed to read it in just 3 days without it feeling too tedious. The "disturbing" aspects didn't feel forced and generally I would say the end was somewhat satisfying. The structure was a little interesting, with the whole flashbacks thing and the repeating motifs.
Overall, neither impressed or disappointed, can absolutely see how someone would HATE this book but I'm just indifferent to it, The epitome of a 2.5 star book for me. It's meh.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, and Addiction
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual content
Minor: Cancer, Child death, and Abortion
ezraaa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual assault, Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Racism
Minor: Cancer, Death, Car accident, and Eating disorder