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A review by thechocolatefinger
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
dark
funny
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Everyone told me this book made them feel sick and it didn’t at all it was perfectly fine to me!
Honestly the part that scared me the most was when it suddenlyswitched to third person for a chapter lol - genuinely freaked me out I wasn’t expecting it at all.
I recommend you read this book very slowly like one chapter a day, because that way you can appreciate the satire and also understand what it’s talking about. I saw in the afterword that Bret said it’s about his loneliness but I prefer focussing on the satirical side of it. When reading I could really tell what Patrick as a character is making fun of, and it was so funny just how stupid he was the entire time. Like the biggest loser on the planet that was really great to me.
Honestly the part that scared me the most was when it suddenly
I recommend you read this book very slowly like one chapter a day, because that way you can appreciate the satire and also understand what it’s talking about. I saw in the afterword that Bret said it’s about his loneliness but I prefer focussing on the satirical side of it. When reading I could really tell what Patrick as a character is making fun of, and it was so funny just how stupid he was the entire time. Like the biggest loser on the planet that was really great to me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Abortion
There was also necrophilia.
Most of the very violent stuff is told in past tense once Patrick has woke up and is kind of getting an idea of what happened the night before . So there is a distance from it which really helps with it not being quite so graphic, as it’s written in a disconnected and like observational way.