American Psycho #2020

jason, an old high school buddy, knew i was in manhattan for a few nights and asked to meet up for dinner fuck it, i m a sentimental guy, and it s nice to catch up even with a wall street douchebag jason told me that lisa, another old friend, would be joining here s the conversational breakdown at dinner 20 minutes comparing features on their new blackberries.40 minutes the new zagat guide and the city s best restaurants 20 minutes glib commentary on people we grew up with lisa leaves and jason [...]

UnholyShite This may be the only book I ve rated 5 stars that I have NO intention of EVER reading again Ever After finishing this, I was forced to wait until my brain had cooled down and re congealed before I could cogitate sufficiently to put my experience with this novel into words And yet, even after almost 36 hours have ticked by, the only word that keeps bubbling up to the surface of my consciousness isWOW both the good and not so good vareity At first, I d thought about trying to do a tong [...]

I actually read this book a few years ago, but I stumbled across the reviews of it, and felt I needed to add my voice, because it is such a difficult piece of lit in a lot of ways,and honestly, it probably is deserving of a thesis paper than of a measly little review on.American Psycho is a brilliant book Genius It will no doubt deservingly be remembered as Bret Easton Ellis s masterpiece, his tour de force of sadist misanthropy.I effing HATED it.American Psycho is a brutal satire of the Americ [...]

another update incorporating comments about BEE s latest novel apparently he s still at it Before we start a quote by Norman Mailer about Bret Easton Ellis How one wishes this writer was without talent People think the pages and pages of descriptions of hacking and chopping up women are ironic Well, in one sense they are, but in another sense they aren t People who like this book should ask themselves why they want to read pages and pages of descriptions of hacking and chopping up women with the [...]

This book shocked me Though not for any of the reasons I might have expected.Not shocking fact 1 This book is about a psychopath.Yes, how very astute of me I hadn t seen the movie before I picked American Psycho up, but most people who know a bit about books know a bit about Patrick Bateman Despite this book not being very old, Bateman has a certain infamy amongst fictional serial killers and psychopaths He is so wholly devoid of morality, completely disconnected from reality and human emotion, [...]

THIS IS FULL OF SPOILERS FULL TO THE BRIM THESE ARE SOME MUSINGS THAT IN NO WAY RESEMBLE A BOOK REVIEW YOU CAN READ IT, BUT I AM TELLING YOU STRAIGHT UP THERE WILL BE SPOILERS actually, it s not that badul bryant recently reviewed revised his review of this book hi, paul bryant and i read it and the dozens of intelligent remarks his negative review sparked,both pro and anti this book, and there isn t anything i can add to the discussion that hasn t already been said by people far wiser than litt [...]

This book is TRUE I live on an island of bankers, investment brokers and trust company lawyers and all of them are drunken, mad psychopaths with Jack Nicholson laughs and a propensity for getting into a lot of trouble at weekends.They drink and they snort and they screw and they sail and they make loads of money and every now and again some of them disappear never to be heard of again The women, the secretaries and admin staff come out from the UK husband hunting but quickly find they are the ra [...]

Loved this book One to give me a book hangover Didn t want it to end.Always loved the film and the book is really not far off I felt the referencing to brand names was a bit OTT but I totally understand why it was being done Just bored me after a while and I just skimmed over those description parts.Dark masterpiece Very gruesome and descriptive sex violence scenes It was difficult to read at some parts.Also, any sort of animal cruelty leaves me feeling sick I always have and always will love Pa [...]

I don t usually bother giving negative reviews here, but I feel it s time to nail my colours to the mast and identify a few problematic titles Problem 1 American Psycho.It s funny how many people qualify their glowing reviews of this book with the words I didn t enjoy it but, as if it contained some bitter but necessary medicine Maybe I m old fashioned, but I would have thought even a disturbing book, movie, song or painting should at least be enjoyable on some level if it s to gain its audience [...]

This book blew me away First of all, you have to be prepared to be let into the mind of a psychopath That entails than murder, which a lot of people reviewing this book completely miss Watch out for these two types of brainless reviews Its worth the boring stuff for the violence or It s misogynistic And about murdering people You like that I know it s not standard, but a protagonist CAN be a villian If you think experiencing or creating something makes you an advocate of it, you re missing out [...]

4.5 THE MOST FUCKED UP STORY EVVVVEEERRRRR STARS Are you easily offended Do not read this book.Are you easily frightened Do not read this review.Are you easily annoyed Do not read about this asshole.Are you easily sickened Do not read horrific tale.Are you easily dizzied Do not read anything.Honestly, I have not idea why I enjoyed this materialistic, self centered, psychotic story, but GOD HELP ME, I DID The only reason I decided to read the damn book is because I noticed it was 1 on numerous li [...]

American Psycho es la t pica novela plana que entiende pero no procesa La t pica obra de un escritor que se nutre de lo f cil y carece de la inteligencia para encontrar lo importante Esta obra pertenece a la clase de las que pueden llegar a abarcar p ginas y p ginas de ret rica insulsa para luego culminar en nada Bret Easton Ellis interpreta y desarrolla la sociedad consumista yuppie de los a os 80, que se reduce a marcas y moda sofisticada Una muestra de la superficialidad, la posesi n y el nar [...]

As far as I can tell, there are two ways to interpret this book The first is as a hysterically funny, incredibly dark satire on the excess, greed and materialism of rich young Americans in the late 1980s The second is as a hideously misogynist extended fantasy about the abuse, torture and murder of women It s the second interpretation that raises issues for me I am a feminist, and proud to say so yet I absolutely loved this book So is it possible to be a feminist and still enjoy American Psycho [...]

See Pat date.See Pat screw.See Pat mace.See Pat use a nail gun.See Pat eat flesh.See Pat do obscene things with a severed head.See Pat store body parts in random places.Go, Pat, go 1.5 stars Don t worry That s the tame version I didn t spoil the extreme parts of the story Trust me.It might be a long, long time before I read something which knocks American Psycho out of the top spot for sickest thing I ve ever witnessed, and I ve read books which have had rape, murder, and gore aplenty in them.Ho [...]

When a book sticks with you, you know it is powerful It may not be entertaining, and it may be downright disturbing, but if you can t get it out of your head it is most certainly great, and that is my experience with American Psycho.For me, it s about the music.Bret Easton Ellis did something miraculous within Patrick Bateman s killings he destroyed the music of Huey Lewis and the News, Genesis and Whitney Houston Before every nasty killing, Bateman goes on a diatribe about the music of one of t [...]

I m finally about able to process this book I remember when it came out in 1991, after Ellis s first book, LESS THAN ZERO, had been a precocious publishing phenomenon and his second, THE RULES OF ATTRACTION, had sucked but sold well Everybody was waiting for something from the guy, some answer to the question of whether or not he was a genuine talent or just last month s flavor for an increasingly trend driven publishing world Then he gave us AMERICAN PSYCHO, and everybody lost their shit No unk [...]

ere is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable I simply am not there.

ever see that video Criminal, the one where a winsome and pathetic fiona apple is surrounded by empty beer bottles video equiment as she writhes sadly in a closet, in the backseat of a car, and in a tub as some dude rubs his feet all over her face ugh this book is like that shitty, creepy video, except times 100 just thinking about parts of it makes me want to take a shower and rinse the muck off Criminal had arty direction by an interesting director that i like, Mark Romanek American Psycho is [...]

I would write a review, but I have to go return some videotapes OK, I was gonna let the inside joke above stand, but I guess I do feel like getting some thoughts down about America s Next Top Psycho.At this point I m sure it bores everyone to dredge up the whole misogyny question again, but it still puzzles me that smart people who must certainly know not to confuse the character s perspective with the author s continue to pull the concern troll card here Like, it s perfectly valid if you think [...]

I ve been putting off writing a review of this novel because I have so many conflicting emotions about it So I ll just streamline it by throwing my reactions at you haphazardly You know, kind of like Patrick Bateman s disordered thoughts 1 This book is vicious, vile, and often made me suppress a whimper It s the only book that s ever sickened me to that degree 2 Bret Easton Ellis, like him or not, is a masterful writer, and this is a masterful book 3 I ve never in my life felt so guilty for laug [...]

first review will probably add another after a reread We meet Patrick Bateman here again he appears briefly on Rules Of Attraction he also appears even briefly in Ellis later books, at least two of them , in the physical and professional peak ish of his life, fit, in a good age, doing well enough but he s now entering a dark mental phase that shows in his killings and increasing desperation his world is full of shallow people, and view spoiler his violence seems to go by unnoticed and not belie [...]

May 4, 2013 I couldn t finish this I m afraid Too much racism, sexism, homophobia, materialism, narcissism etc etc It just wasn t for me.May 26, 2013 I really dislike leaving a book unfinished so after some consideration and some gentle nudging from a GR friend, I decided to finish reading the book After reading the remaining chapters, my rating hasn t changed I still dislike the book Yes, the title does clearly suggests psychotic events will be found in the book but I wasn t ready for the extre [...]

The scariest thing about this book for me is that since I finished reading it almost eight years ago I still look around when I am in a crowded place at the faces of the people and wonder Which one of you thinks like Patrick Bateman Which one of you is ready to snap Perhaps these other faces think the same when they look at meVERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Where to begin Well, firstly I will just comment on the violence in this novel and say that it contains some of the most graphic torture and killings that I have ever read about both in the real and fictional world There are wild and creative forms of brutality performed on people that I didn t know were possible I am not easily put off by goriness but a lot of pages of this book were difficult to read It goes without saying that American Psycho is not for the faint hearted.The story is told fro [...]

ere is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable I simply am not there.

Screaming in a Dead Man s EarThis was a book written by the young Ellis, the kid who was close to famous after Less than Zero or at least the diminished definition of famous that applied to celebrities of the novelist kind and painters like Keith Haring and Basquiat American Psycho is as much a violent artistic gesture as it is a novel, an act of grand narrative destruction As the machinery of story and language is hammered into twisted wreckage, and a new form emerges from the chaos, from the s [...]

I am not convinced that endless descriptions of murder and torture are a good metaphor for unrestrained eighties capitalism Consequently, while I have read many books that made me uncomfortable or nauseous, I have not read any that did so for such weak returns.The prose style is never better than competent Generally it alternates between repellant and just very dull I don t think it s hard to make readers feel sick and disgusted If I tell you I have a puppy in one hand, and a blunt pencil in the [...]

They say that most serial killers and sociopaths start off by killing animals Building up their evil threshold and barbaric skills I read this book back in the 1990 s I did think it was a good book but I hated all the animal cruelty It was a chore to read through to the end Too much graphic violence and less about the character s psyche If you love animals give it a wide berth Also a film starring Christian Bale I would give that a wide berth too.

I could not finish this book In fact, when I finally and gratefully decided to stop reading it, I could not even bring myself to return it to my bookshelf I actually threw it in the garbage, which I have never done to another book It s a shame, too, because up until about 3 4 of the way through, I LOVED this book The writing is simply brilliant, and Ellis presents a fascinating and thought provoking view of 1980 s American society, made especially poignant by the fact that it is only mildly less [...]

The Good This was scathing and brilliant and often absolutely hilarious It managed to make me nostalgic for the 80s Hell, it made me nostalgic for New York and I ve never even been there The infernal setting here really consists of the horde of awful, vacuous men that look exactly like Duncan McDonald or Boris Cunningham, and who might be dating Nina Goodrich while her fiance is out of town It was all so incredibly well written I could almost see the tortured human being inside Patrick Bateman F [...]