I never heard of the book befor, now im curious if its true or people are just being dramatic

Same here. Really curious. I heard it progressively gets more deranged.

I am on the first chapter right now and it's honestly kinda hard to read. So far the first chapter seems...clustered.

Don't know how to explain it but just the way it is written, it's hard for me to keep track of what the hell is going on...but makes sense considering it's meant to be from the POV of a psychopath

I was rather much younger whe I read it (never re-read the novel) but yes, brutally disturbing in parts.

Yeah it is fucked up to the point that I stopped reading it. TW: Animal cruelty >! He breaks the legs of a homeless man's dog and then stomps it to death as well as strangling another dog before gutting leaving it to crawl around in agony !< The description of which caused me to feel physically ill.

It’s satire, but yes it’s brutal.

Jesus fucking christ that's.....vile....as someone who has mental health issues. Such detailed descriptions will probably not be good for my mental health at all

Yeah, sorry friend I accidentally did the wrong order on blacking the text the first time.

No worries man. Atleast now I know what i'm getting into when I read the book.

Will surely need to put it down a couple of times i'm sure

I know exactly what Ellis was going for and I understand why it is considered brilliant in some circles.

For myself - I absolutely hated the book because it took a long time to erase some of the images/words that were seared into my brain.

"Traumatic" is an extremely strong word for any work of fiction. Yes, there's some scenes that involve remarkably inventive acts of brutality described in lascivious detail, and there's parts I had to skim even though I have a pretty strong stomach for gore. There's images and imagined pain that'll haunt you for a while, but I don't think anything in those pages will make anyone develop a psychiatric illness unless something was already going wrong.

That said, the book is one of my favourites and I do recommend forging ahead with it if you're not squeamish. It's really funny and insightful (accidentally, perhaps, by the sound of things) about consumerism and wealth and filling the void.

I have psychotic issues, already havd a fragile mind and have to take meds for it.

Do you think such a book can trigger something in someone who is prone to psychosis?

I wouldn't be comfortable giving you a yes or no answer, since I have no personal experience with psychosis and only a fairly surface level understanding of it. But if you're prone to being deeply upset by disturbing scenes in fiction and having things play on your mind to a debilitating degree, it might be a good idea to skip this one, or at least put it down when things start getting heavy. I really hope the treatment is going well and you're in a good place these days.

It is a really brutal and violent book but since no one else has mentioned this I will say it is also very racist and misogynistic. He calls a cab driver a slur in the first few pages and it was really shocking to me (I’m not sure why, considering the time and the characters lol) but also be aware of that as well

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This isn't a reccomendation post though?

Yeah...my jaw dropped when I saw 2 Slurs in the same page, in the cab

I hope the whole book isn't like that

You are asking people if they recommend that you do or do not read it.