Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

49 reviews

astrono9's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Murder, Death, Abortion, Drug use, Blood, Rape, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

longlegegg's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Gore, Drug use, Kidnapping, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Torture, Violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Grief, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Abortion, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Racism, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

elliebasta's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment

kittiesss's review

dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pedophilia, Drug use, Child abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Abortion, Eating disorder, Rape, Racial slurs, and Racism

ro_lux's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Eating disorder

sonya2828's review against another edition

dark tense

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

3.75

Per quanto sia stata destabilizzante all'inizio la scrittura molto stringata, con l'andare avanti del libro si capisce come per descrivere personaggi così 'vuoti', alla deriva, risucchiati in droga, feste e sesso e trascinati da nient'altro che da questo, non poteva che essere se non così. 
Ho trovato alienante come, con l'andare avanti della narrazione, i personaggi nominati presentassero tutte le stesse identiche caratteristiche: biondi, abbronzati, molto spesso modelli o nel mondo del cinema, al punto tale che ho trovato difficile distinguerli tra loro, fatta eccezione ovviamente per Clay. Molto più sfaccettato rispetto agli altri, dotato di una consapevolezza maggiore, ma non così tanto forte per allontanarsi dall'abisso rappresentato da quel mondo così travolgente e devastante.
È stato altrettanto alienante notare come non sia presente un singolo personaggio nel libro che non faccia parte di questo mondo, a partire dai genitori dei ragazzi che vi sono a modo loro, come a star significare che non esiste nulla di fuori di questa realtà, che è l'unica vivibile.
Nonostante non siamo in presenza di una trama vera e propria, penso che non poteva essere fatta scelta migliore per delineare questo spaccato di società, perché ti porta a vagare insieme ai personaggi senza una meta, per il semplice andare avanti, esattamente come vivono loro.

Questi sono i passaggi che trovo i più esplicativi in assoluto di tutta la storia:

- Oh, merda, Rip, che cosa ti manca?
- È che non ho niente da perdere. 

- Ma questa strada non va da nessuna parte, gli dissi.
- Non importa.
- Ma allora cosa importa? - gli chiesi dopo un po'.
-Andare, bello mio, andare, - disse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Miscarriage

rhiannatherad'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

2.5

200 pages of rich kids doing a ton of coke and being super boring + + pages of American Psycho. Don't know why I expected anything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use and Death

Minor: Abortion and Animal death

kazli's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-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

5.0

i feel guilty for liking this book so much but it was so good. the way it's written helps convey the feeling of loneliness and being emotionally detached. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Body horror, Homophobia, Infidelity, Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Drug use, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

claracv's review against another edition

Nothing happens. It’s extremely boring. Even the characters are dull. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

nyyhkylintu's review

challenging dark reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Eating disorder