Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Míň než nula by Bret Easton Ellis

4 reviews

retros_x's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

What a bleak book. The protagonist is traumatized and depressed - without realizing it and observes passively the decay of a lost generation in the 1980s of LA. Only in the end when he experiences some TRULY HORRIFIC stuff we catch a glimps of moral integrity and reaction in his thoughts and actions, but it seems like a corpse that twitches one last time. 

The prose is dry but rythmic and some really effective paragraphs shake up the intentional monotony of the main body of text. I can't say I enjoyed all of it, but it had an impact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

jasmine_delaviz's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A must read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

leetyeet's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Cried, sobbed, bawled. This book was entertaining and intriguing. Normally when I like a story this much I’m pacing and gasping but all I could do was sit and stare as the weeks passed in Los Angeles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

adbeyneler's review against another edition

challenging sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment