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Summary: Incredible Novel
Review: This book is amazing, I've read it about 5 times in the last few years, and it never fails to entertain me and make me think -HARD- about life in the 20th century. Read this book, but be prepared for some things that will disturb you greatly.
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Summary: Chilling, gripping, infuriating.
Review: I read this book in one sitting, about five years ago. I am quite sure that I skipped, consciously or otherwise, paragraph after paragraph. Nothing I have read or heard, before or since, has changed me in quite the same way. In his flat, recitative manner, Patrick Bateman makes you realise that the human condition encompasses states of mind that we prefer to believe can not exist. Whether his acts of violence are 'real', or seamlessly incorporated into his imaginary world, their impact remains, and you think again of all the historical acts of horror you have heard of or read about, and some idea of the reality, the pain and fear and despair suffered by the victims, will come to haunt you. One day, I will read this book again, but I'm not strong enough yet. The literary niceties elude me, but the knowledge that Patrick Bateman lives among us now, just as he always did, still frightens me.
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Summary: A disturbing, sick book that I could not stop reading.
Review: This is the only book I've had to put down and walk away from due to its images and intinsity. I rate the book a "7" but would be hard pressed to actually recommend it to anyone. I would hate for somebody to read it on my suggestion and then have to face them if they were disturbed by the story. I would rather them pick it up by themselves and read it, then maybe we could discuss it and their feelings, good or bad.
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Summary: the bomb
Review: This book is so hot my house burned down. I have not read anythink like it in the last 100 years. C'mon try to figure out a story as sick as THIS. Imagine being his therapist... Serious: By now I have read this book 4 times and ist still blows my mind
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Summary: Empty...
Review: Patrick Bateman's droning recitation of his chi-chi brand name possessions was amusing, as was his collection of tics and twitches and his hyper-shallow music reviews. But Ellis, as a writer, is about as subtle as his protagonist. It's one thing to suggest alienation, and another thing entirely to cram it down one's throat, like a chocolate-covered urinal cake
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Summary: An okay novel, but not graphic enough . . .
Review: I liked the content of AMERICAN PSYCHO, but, when I read reviews for it, I thought it would be more violent. It was actually one of the LEAST violent or "disturbing" novels I've read recently. Whoever said it needs to be banned should switch to romance novels, because AMERICAN PSYCHO wasn't really offensive enough. (And I've seen this book in a couple high school libraries, so yes, the kids are reading it, and they should, it's more of what teenagers would like.)
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Summary: Thank you
Review: This is one of the best books i have ever read. Thank you Bret Easton Ellis
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Summary: ridiculous
Review: Bret is just trying to shock people with American Psycho, IMO. His descriptions of the killings are extremely exagerrated and ovedone, but yeah, they're really sick and twisted and hard to read without getting a bad feeling in your stomach. The entire book consists of that, and the mentions of music and designer labels is way too redundant. This is not even worth your time.
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Summary: If you want poorly written, senseless torture and misogyny..
Review: The only reason Ellis has received so much press for this waste of a tree is that he was willing to go further than anyone else, quite poorly I might add. It's one thing to use graphic violence to illuminate a point. It's another novel entirely when there doesn't seem to be any particular point. Perhaps what he was trying to communicate was how superficial and senseless yuppies and America of the '80s in general was, but really, wasn't this subject tired enough already? No, Ellis doesn't seem to be that bright. (And if he is, his writing certainly doesn't reflect that.) I think he is simply a shrewd capitalist who realized that if he wrote a "novel" that was more violent and cruel than anything else available, the hype alone would send him laughing to the bank. We've easily added our own 'deeper meaning' to his poorly written text, and made him a best-seller in the process.
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Summary: mesmerizing and great novel
Review: In *american psycho* bret easton ellis takes into a nightmarish world where the main character has fled into superficiality so far, that he cannot feel his own being and thus has no appreciation for the sanctity of other people's lifes and feelings. And yes, the violence is extremely graphic, but it is here that ellis shows his genius: In a world where perfumes are called "eternity" and the corporate world has claimed all but a few high feelings for madison ave., ellis fights for the intricate strenght of words. Only when hurting others, does Patrik Bateman feel anything at all and these are the only words that will ever be exempt from being used in fashion-ads. This is one of the very few books that is even spellbinding the second time around and is definitely an important read. Although I have to admit that one should have some (serious) literary background to escape being drowned by the horror. If you are into stupid splatter and gore-novels, go somewhere else, this is something completely different. I rate this a definite ten and it is one of most important books of this century. Important and very challenging (if you're unstable yourself, it might be seriously harmful, since the first-person narrative draws the reader right into the things you knew where in the back of your mind but never admitted to)
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