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Reading this was quite the experience and actually a torture in itself, which is a pun. Yes, I admit.
American Psycho tells the story of Patrick Bateman, financial something during the day and psychopath during the night. The story contains a lot of scenes with very graphic torture scenes, this book isn't for the weak of stomach. In my opinion the scenes were too much and too many. It's there to shock the reader, thinking that we've seen and read so much that it needs to go over the top, but in ...more
American Psycho tells the story of Patrick Bateman, financial something during the day and psychopath during the night. The story contains a lot of scenes with very graphic torture scenes, this book isn't for the weak of stomach. In my opinion the scenes were too much and too many. It's there to shock the reader, thinking that we've seen and read so much that it needs to go over the top, but in ...more
BEWARE: NOT for the faint at heart. Very Disturbing. That's the beauty of ficticious books, they sometimes take our minds to places that we don't want to visit.
Brett Easton Ellis writes about vapid, non-emotional, rich, twenty something NYC dwellers. The main character Patrick Bateman is living the American Dream. High paying job, designer clothing, georgous girls, all while living a secret life as a psychotic serial killer.
Ellis' writing in this particular novel takes some getting used to. Hi ...more
Brett Easton Ellis writes about vapid, non-emotional, rich, twenty something NYC dwellers. The main character Patrick Bateman is living the American Dream. High paying job, designer clothing, georgous girls, all while living a secret life as a psychotic serial killer.
Ellis' writing in this particular novel takes some getting used to. Hi ...more
This is one of the most disturbing books I think I have ever read. Patrick Bateman is the most vile human being I have ever encountered in fiction. This book was made all the more unsettling by the fact it was written in the first person, so you are essentially stuck inside the head of this psychopath and it isn't a pleasant place to be at all. The sex and murder scenes (which often melded from one to the other) were so graphic and horrific I found myself having to skip over them. There is no do
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I really hated this book. And it wasn't the subject matter that was bothering me, it wasn't the bloody gruesome scenes or the ease of killing. It was the writing itself. If I wanted to read a fashion magazine, I'd pick one up. I couldn't stand it. Same goes for music reviews. Did Mr. Ellis write essays on Genesis and Whitney Houston and couldn't get them published anywhere else so he decided to stick them in a novel?
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Or Less Than Zero stars if possible. I am DONE with this dude. I seriously don't think he is for real. He has to be kidding.
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