01110110 's review for:

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

4.0

challenging dark funny sad 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

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Being inside Bateman’s head is decidedly exhausting and banal, there’s no escaping the inner monologue the way you kind of can in the movie. This escalated in a way I wasn’t expecting and I read most of the back half with my head in my hands.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail