7.52k reviews for:

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis

3.59 AVERAGE

winterdevil's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Materialism and conformity breed loneliness and depersonalization. Socializing as performance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Antisemitism, Car accident, Abortion, Pandemic/Epidemic

thaleraad's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark funny tense

h7peezy's review against another edition

5.0

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I always forget why I don’t reread this book more often until I actually reread it. With that being said I unfortunately love this book

arcticpines's review against another edition

2.0

dark medium-paced

syramir's review against another edition

3.75

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

superducklivesbooks1408's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Won’t be reading this again any time soon

dyingindior's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark funny 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

olivesclayton's review against another edition

3.0

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holy shit?? the goriest most disgusting book i’ve ever read. i had to stop reading several times throughout just to stop the nausea. i had secondhand embarrassment repeatedly from this socially awkward main character. very triggering read, be careful

laurenshikari's review against another edition

1.0

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Film is fantastic, book was painful to get through and I gave up. I don’t care what people are wearing.

sushigirl's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny 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