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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
All jokes aside, all I can really say is that this book accomplished being both incredibly horrifying and incredibly boring, which is… something, I guess
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Classism
In the middle of the book when Bateman says, "I don't feel a thing," you feel the same. It bores the hell out of you, it makes you cringe at times and often, it makes you question why you are reading it when there are so many books that one could read instead, but you kept marching on to see how it ends.
Many would praise it thinking that it was a book that moved them. Nothing like that happened to me. The main character is stuck in a circle of same routine which he occasionally break with his rages but then, he does that so many times that it becomes a norm as well. And we are back to the circle!
The book might be shocking and yes it is, very graphic at times. I cringed but I kept reading because "The Walking Dead" has made me somewhat inured to the gore. I actually cringed more on the erotic scenes. They were uncomfortable for me to read. It is weird. I know!
Anyways, I won't be reading this book again.
I recommend it to people who are looking for a: unstable narrators, b: want to be shocked out of their minds, and c: want an unusual story-line.
You can skip it if you are not one of these three people. Unusual story-line because it is not your usual hero's journey. It kind of keep moving on till it ends.
If you are going to read it, Good luck!
PS. Some people have found humour in it and some were even bold enough to proclaim that they managed to laugh out loud at certain scenes. I do not know who these people are and you should avoid them too.
