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Summary: Quite simply, nothing less than outstanding.
Review: The best representation of classic 20th century modern literature. The invention of a protagonist such as Patrick Bateman was genius. Utterly and profoundly brilliant.
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Summary: Addictively written but slightly silly novel.
Review: The book works better as a series of vignettes than as a straightforward narrative. Ellis' attention to detail (descriptions, dialogues, etc.) is absolutely brilliant, but as a whole the novel is rather silly, sort of like a teenager's fantasy of what Wall Street guys do in their spare time. Definitely worth reading, though. As for the "gory parts", I don't think they're important to the book. I think they were used in a much too obvious and unsubtle way, just to make sure we get the point that the guy is EVIL. I thought that his casual hints at the things he did (like the mysterious boat cruise he keeps referring to) were a lot more scary.
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Summary: Forced myself to finish.
Review: This is perhaps the most blatantly irresponsible book I have ever read. Horrific details of rape and murder are nothing more than a conceited (and unsuccesful) attempt to pass as something profound. My sole reason for having completed it was over a strange sort of pride at not letting myself be 'defeated'by it.
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Summary: A Nihilistic train ride through a bland society
Review: This book was exactly as the title suggested; a brutal and harsh narration of a nihilistic, consumerist society all too preoccupied with materialism. The beauty of the book was its' incessant ugliness and its scathing attack on designer fashion. The very fact that Patrick (our anti hero) went to great lengths to describe his apparel at all turns (including when he was covered in his victims' blood) showed the extent at which Easton Ellis percieves of the psychotic sickness which permeates even the most unlikely levels of society. Sick and morbid, yes (some of the encounters with prostitutes were too much for me), but morally brilliant it asks one simple question - how low can the human mind sink ?
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Summary: Boring and Brutal
Review: I could barely read the first few chapters without being bored to tears. All a welter of designer names, Wall Street yuppie "culture", and what the discriminating psycho wears, hangs on his walls, decorates his apartment with... boring enough. And then! details of appalling rape, murder, and brutality (all, however done tastefully with the correct designer accesories). The crimes committed have no suspense, no element of tension. The reader just knows what is coming... horrific violience. I gave this book 1 star because I wasn't given the option of zero stars, or even "negative" stars. I guess I would truly rate it at "minus" five stars, and "minus" the 13 bucks I forked over to read this.
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Summary: Exhausting, disturbing, aimless and incisive
Review: I just got finished reading this book, based on the curiosity stirred as a result of the substantial hype. It's a oddly interesting read, and I think the point is easy to miss among the blizzard of fashion designer names and jumper cable torture. However, the patient reader does get some rewards, in that it provides a disturbing insight into a way of life that many many people aspire to and that our society tends to herald like it's the ultimate American dream. I can't recommend it to the faint of stomach, and I found myself skipping pages at a time to speed past thru some seriously horrific stuff, but there's too many interesting points to be made- the Genesis discog is a FARCE - we see how limited his cultural experience is, saying that Peter Garbiel never got as deep as Phil Collins. It's all regurgitated PAP he probably read out of Rolling Stone - but that's the point. These people have the access to everything - EVERYTHING - fine in life, but never really experience it. The only life-affirming thing Bateman does is sapping it out of others and degrading them so miserably. There's something here, I get it but is it worth it? Hard to say. . . in the end I still wondered why.
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Summary: ...and they're making a movie out of this?
Review: Must have originally been titled 'American Psycho Babble' but I guess they ran out of room on the cover. Instead of an excursion through terror, the reader gets a window shopping tour of Rodeo Drive boutiques. What a bore this book was. Ellis must be laughing all the way to the bank. No structure or plot, the reader is left with sporadic gruesome scenes inserted strictly for shock value. If the book closed with '....and the world ended.' no one would miss any of the characters. This book should have been released directly to the 'free' shelf of a used bookstore. Frankly, it heads my list of 50 worst books of the century.
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Summary: self-centred, indulgent drivel
Review: This book is merely a headline book, Get a couple of gory scenes and people will want to read it. I must say i have respect for his targeting of the market, the author has obviously made a name for himself. This book is very hollow, if i wanted to read about how a man grooms himself i would have bought a magazine. And if i wanted to read about the entire works of Genesis I would have bought a discography. The viewpoints of the character were childlike, and the fashion tips a monotony. The killing scenes were chaotic and mindless, just an effort to get to the lowest possible level to create the largest possible shock. Show less pal, its more scary !! I do see what the author was trying to represent in terms of the 2 sides of human nature, but to show little reason and no subtlety was an insult to the reader.
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Summary: Too expensive for paperback version...
Review: I'm not paying 12 bucks for a paperback of this novel, hardcover I would!
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Summary: This book gives a vivid reality of what have only heard of
Review: In reality, these things happen, but never told of. "Murder of two San Antonio women" without the grizzly details that aren't allowed due to it being a public newspaper, the public isn't aware of the horror that occurs in all cities, be them large or small. This is a detailed description of what anyone could do. If they lose faith or lose mental ability of telling the difference between right and wrong.
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