Reviews tagging 'Death'

Míň než nula by Bret Easton Ellis

24 reviews

eliya95's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

I understand what BEE was going for here and feel like he almost got there, but not quite. This book is Play It As It Lays if it were written by a guy in college…literally. This is a male perspective with a younger cast and characters that are more shallowly written. At a point Clay mentions that he wants to see the worst of society, and I fear BEE didn’t do the best job to show that Clay himself, in his complacency, is the worst of society. He didn’t engage in the awful things his friends did, but didn’t do anything to stop them, and continued to be their friend after he knew they were the worst of society. His apathy at the end to the horrors of the world that he was complacent in should have been emphasized more. Clay was just as bad as his friends, if not worse, since he watched them do awful things, and awful things be done to them, and did nothing, and cared to do nothing about it. I understand why people hate this book. I didn’t hate it. I understand the vision. I just don’t think he totally got there with it and that his point was completely made. That seems to be a problem with other BEE writing as well. Honestly, I wouldn’t say don’t read this book, it’s short and moves quickly, but if you want to read a novel where the characters are in LA and completely unlikable…just read Play It As It Lays By Joan Didion instead. It was the OBVIOUS inspiration for this (some scenes were literally the ‘when someone asks to copy your homework and you say yeah just change it a little’ meme) but the writing is better and there are actual motives behind the bad behavior of the characters that are clear and understandable. Plus there isn’t a random act of sexual violence against a young girl at the end, which really could have been cut out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder and Abortion

kind_fiction's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

the song 'Untrust Us' by Crystal Castles comes to mind

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

barbaricyawp89's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.75

i’m not sure what i was expecting from this book, but i was suprised by how bored i felt while reading it and i’m not really sure why. it did pick up towards the end with the more outrightly disturbing stuff, but otherwise i feel kinda “meh” about it. it wasn’t a bad book by any means, just somehow really boring despite the premise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

astrono9's review against another edition

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

longlegegg's review against another edition

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

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

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

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 assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death and Drug use

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

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

minxtte's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder and Homophobia

julianfromme's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

first 3/4 of the book: critique of the vapidity of LA/socal social culture, a bit dry in the way that windless, hot summer days are.
last 1/4 of the book: the most depraved shit you’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

idaanette's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail