American Psycho

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Summary: This book does not contain a single original idea
Review: This book is almost completely worthless. It's a completely transparent publicity ploy, and the protagonist, a psychosexual serial killer (I am getting REALLY sick of reading about, hearing about, and being repeatedly required to be interested in) these people. I have heard the whole bit about the shallow, materialistic '80s urbanites so many times, and having lived through it, the truth is way more complex, way more human. This book is just stupid. It's like reading what the Jenny Jones show would contain if there were no censors whatsoever. I just can't get behind the "meaning" of repetitive depictions of the rape and dismemberment of women, followed by shopping sprees. Give me a break. It's about as interesting as watching paint dry, and about as "meaningful."

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Summary: American Phycho echoes the abyss. Can you stand to hear it?
Review: An excellent piece of work.
What the book says and how it says it are the same.
This book is worthy of anyone's time.


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Summary: the most important book of the 1990's.
Review: this may be the most disturbing book i've ever read; nevertheless, i've now read it 5 times. it's the essential metaphor for the apathy of modern life in america. truly a brilliant piece of work. not recommended for the young, or weak of constitution..

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Summary: just literature
Review: a nice example of god's death at the end of this century ( only platinum amex survives

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Summary: Disturbing yet Excellent Book
Review: I found this book to be one of the most disturbing things I've ever read. It creates a completely detailed and real world and slams you into the middle of it, accompanying a very believable madman on his occasional jaunts of horror. You experience vicariously some of the most horrible things imaginable, yet you can't turn away. Very well written - I highly recommend this, though not for the faint-of-heart

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Summary: Its written for the 90's.
Review: Well I have read "Less than zero" and "The Rulesof Attraction" befoer AP. I must say that I though like the 2first books more than AP and aswell "The Informers". AP is a more extreme written book than the others and today its a lot of things that don't scare us. The only thing is AIDS and since AP is very extreme it somehows pushes our limits of what we can stand in "Horror" and so on. I do like this book alot and its a definite "twice read". But I will recommend to read some of the other books first and then AP to really get to know the extreme superficial world that he writes about. Its also handy to learn that superficialness. I love this book but I think I love the author, he is my favorite author. I will recommend this book because its very good and because its starting to get a cult status.

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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read
Review: Patrick Bateman is the anti-hero for the greed and corruption of the 1908's. The writing is so well done, that Patrick sticks in your head, and by the end you understand exactly why he does what he does

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Summary: A great book
Review: Not that I think anyone will ever read this... anyway AP is agreat book. I read it this Christmas when in Mexico and I really wascought by it. I felt how I started to think like Pat, wich wasn't all that pleasent, yet when a book does that to you I think it was a good one. Fredrik, Stockholm, Sweden

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Summary: Brilliantly wicked attack on our material society
Review: In "American Psycho", Bret Easton Ellis makes a no-holds-barred attack on the opinions and attitudes which are the very basis of this commercial society we live in. The main character, Patrick Bateman, is indeed a "psycho", and we can do nothing but loathe this evil creature - for the banal detail of his narrative, if nothing else... but as we come to hate this character, we come to despise everything he stands for - and what he stands for, in essence, is materialism and the quest for money. One of the best works of social commentary it has ever been my joy to read, and the best you will find too - if you can stomach it..

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Summary: One sick BASTARD
Review: The protaganast of this book is deepest, most vile creature I can ever remember being put into print. I understand movie rights are sold. I still don't quite understand why the book was written - what point does it serve? - some may feel this is a silly question (why should fiction have a point?) but I feel a book that doesn't entertain should at least say something