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Summary: Two in one
Review: This is the only book that i've read that is totally sickening, but at the same time hilarious. One of the best books i've ever read, not recommended if you don't like violent deaths.
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Summary: oh my god
Review: one of the best and most quickly read books: just one thing: oh my god
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Summary: It's like rubbernecking
Review: A lot of people aren't aware that this book came from Mr. Ellis as a snide f*** off to the publishers that wouldn't let him out of his "write one more book for us" contract. American Psycho was his retort, and although it stayed with me for days the way a bad nightmare does, I find it one of the best psychological profiles of a character I've ever read. Yes, it's disgusting. Yes, it's vile. Yes, it's horrifying. Most serial killers are not interested in emulating Mother Theresa. It is well written, sardonic, witty, and a fantastic commentary on the vapid rich kids 80s glam in NYC. It keeps you riveted in that sick, human way that makes you slow down at a bloody car accident. You become the voyeur of a twisted man, and it's an interesting peep show. If you want sweetness and light, read a fairy tale. This book is for the strong of stomach and open of mind.
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Summary: EXCELENTE
Review: UNO DELOS MEJORES LIBROS QUE HE LEIDO, RECOMENDABLE PARA TODOS, SE MUESTRA LAS DIFERENTES GAMAS DE PENSAMIENTO Y SE TERMINA RIENDO CON BATEMAN.
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Summary: Love it or Hate it....
Review: I personally thought that this was an excellent book and as I was reading some of the other reviews, I was shocked to see the extreme disparity in opinions as well as the number of the reviews (169 at the time of this writing). There has to be some worth in a book that evokes this much critical review. I thought it was awesome, look forward to reading it again and will definitely skip the movie (I'm still pissed at Hollywood's treatment of "Bonfire of the Vanities")
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Summary: Shallow World
Review: Amazing how shallow the world has become, people aren't described or characterised by their achievements or way of being, but by how they dress and what hair-do they use, where they eat and what credit card they have. And although (or maybe because) they have all they want, they get bored with life. I wonder how many of us contain fantasies such as Bateman's simply because *that's the way it is* and how many of us are truly sane... Sit down in a quiet room and think about it and try not to go insane.
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Summary: enter the mind of schizo
Review: To all those whose criticism focused on the tedious descriptions and monotonous ramblings, I assure you that this was an absolute necessity. Ellis truly takes you into the mind of a psychopath. He even does it in such a manner that actually mimicks the development of the disorder. At first a mind somewhat detached from the norm, gradually slipping farther and farther from reality. Then the scattered hallucinations and voices. Before you know it, you are reading about the most gorey violence imaginable as though you were simply going down a shopping list. Desensitizing of violence issues aside, this is a genious journey into the mind of a truly complex mental disorder
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Summary: More yuppie tripe
Review: Sorry to disagree with the concensus here, but this was a tiring novel. Tiring in the descriptions of everything from what the yuppie du'jour was wearing to gutting a sharpei. The entire time I read it I found myself asking, "What else could I be reading right now?" Sorry folks, this was sex and violence for the over(under?) stimulated. Just didn't care about Bateman and I really tried.
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Summary: engrossing,hypnotic and disturbing.
Review: American psycho draws you into the mind of a serial killer. One that your intellect make you pray, does'nt exist. Yet, makes you feel, could possibly be out there killing, undetected. This is a deeply disturbing novel about a wealthy young stock broker who recognizes that he is sick and out of control, yet manages to slip past the system because of his status in society.
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Summary: Better than the Bible
Review: This book is my bible.....and Patrick Bateman is my God.The unique selling point of this novel is its utter truth-telling about human morality.It shows us as humans really are and not as we would like to be. It points out that our ugly side is essentially the part of our personality we dont control.Ellis's laugh-a-minute approach to the moral integrity of the serial killer should shame us all in that humanity is defined so much by what we do, rather that what we would like to do. As a postscript I should point out that after reading this book I moved into investment banking!!!
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