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thoughts? I'm 20% in and enjoying it so far.

>> No.11373860

Surprisingly and unironically really good. I liked Less Than Zero a lot too

>> No.11373864

I got through like a third of the way through when reading it on a flight. Something about the level detail about what people wear and stuff is really comfy.

>> No.11374277

I really like it, something that took some getting used to, but I just couldn't get over just how well it worked, is the lack of correct address.

>>11373860
Less than Zero will forever be my shit.

>> No.11374381

>>11374277
based

>> No.11374393
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11374393

>Ellis is a modern doesteovsky

>> No.11374741

Never finished it for some reason. I think I got tired of the style

>> No.11374868

Who's the man on the cover? Nobody?

>> No.11374882

It's an enjoyable exercise of a specific writing style, but if you read any more into it than generic materialism whining and Ellis' daddy issues you're an idiot.

>> No.11374942

>>11373772
The first half or so is pretty good/funny/fun. Eventually the torture scenes not become so repetitive that the entire book becomes remarkably tiresome, though. I actually unironically think the movie is an improvement too.

>> No.11375203

>>11374882
It sort of reminds me of Harrison Bergeron, but for Wall-Streeters.

>> No.11375270

Worse than The Informers and Less than Zero, but still enjoyable.

>> No.11375331

Yeah I enjoyed the Informers a bit more, but throughout most of his work BEE displays a knack for picking at high society without being a bore.

>> No.11375470

>>11373772
if you're liking it at this point you'll like the whole thing probably

>> No.11375587

>>11374942
It came off to me as the mental fatigue and tedium of Patrick's tiresome way of life and how he relates to it all. It's frightening to think of how mundane and bored he becomes with such an extreme exercise

>> No.11375795

>>11375587
I think that's certainly what Ellis was driving at, but towards the end I just got impatient with Ellis the author and not Bateman the narrator.

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11375843

did he dream it or did he really kill those people?

>> No.11375971

>>11375843
life is but a dream

>> No.11376205

>>11373772
I thought it was great, but completely devoid of meaning. Fun book though.

>> No.11376215

>>11376205
Well I think that's actually the point of the book. Even the protagonist say it: there's no moral. Nothing. His life is that empty and that's it, he's a sick fuck who understood how society works and how to use it to not be discovered even when he wants to.
I liked it: maybe the writing style can get tiresome after a while but it sure was something peculiar

>> No.11376573

glad you enjoy it anon, my second favourite book :)

>> No.11376751

>>11374868
Could be anyone.

>> No.11377231

i think american psycho's greatest strength and weakness is its length. for what it is, the book is incredibly and perhaps unnecessarily long, yet that length really puts the reader in bateman's shoes. you grow sick of the vapid, tedious details and repetitive subjects until you're entirely numb, even to the murders, and just want the damn thing to end.

>> No.11377244

>>11375843
He dreamt it

>> No.11377287

>>11375843
he actually killed most of them.
the only fake scene was the street rampagne.
the chapter with the realtor basically confirms this.

>> No.11377370

>>11374393
Literally who are you quoting?

>> No.11377480

One of the funniest books I've ever read.
The violent scenes are averange at best and only work in the context of the book, but the various social parts are extremly enjoyable to read.
"Pastels" is one of the greatest chapters ever written.

>> No.11378100

>>11377480
Agree, getting ten pages of a four-way phone call was surprisingly funny when they start mixing up restaurants and dates.

What do people think of Timothy Price's mysterious disappearance, only to return and denounce Ronald Reagan at the end because of the Iran-Contra affair or something. I think it was an indictment of the growing gulch between what is presented and what takes place in reality, you also have Price insulting Iranian women earlier in the book, but I'm unsure what the significance is.

>>11373860
>>11374277
It's interesting that you can see Ellis' style in Less Than Zero, there's chapter in both books that is just a long paragraph rambled on, and there is also a chapter where the characters go into a lonely country house with a significant other, only to end up disillusioned and unable to live a happy existence with their girl. What do you anons think of that?