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by Bret Easton Ellis
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Victoria Reads Books
Victoria Reads Books rated it 13 years ago
What a fun book to borrow from my school library. Not. For my American History class, I decided to choose a controversial book to review, and this was a candidate. Though I chose something else, I decided to read this anyway.This is a difficult book for me to review. I have to admit that it was bril...
Reading Old Books and Other Extreme Sports
Startlingly effective in one capacity only. Not particularly subtle. A nuclear bomb in literature. Occasionally hypnotising writing.
Bloody Shambles
Bloody Shambles rated it 13 years ago
Hugely overrated.
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it 14 years ago
It seems that the last few books that I have looked at don't seem to be the type of books that Christians should be reading. American Psycho clearly falls into that category, but on another hand it is one of those books that removes the thin veneer of respectability from society to show it at its mo...
helenliz
helenliz rated it 14 years ago
This was, frankly, bizzarre!
A Cruel Man Delighting in Flowers
A Cruel Man Delighting in Flowers rated it 14 years ago
The key to developing a functional relationship [I wrote 'understanding' originally, but I think that word is too cut-and-dried, particularly for a book like this] with this book lies - obviously enough I would think - in the epigraphs. Maybe even give [b:Notes from Underground|17876|Notes from Unde...
Unimportant Musings
Unimportant Musings rated it 14 years ago
Don't quite know what to make of this book. A tedious read at parts, especially with all the brand names and album reviews, though it did very well demonstrate how so banal and robotic life for Bateman was that it drove him to commit acts of total fuckedupness. That it's very well written is not in ...
I'm Reading...
I'm Reading... rated it 14 years ago
Other thoughts/reviews:Life ... with Books: http://www.lifewithbooks.com/2012/10/rip-review-american-psycho-by-bret-easton-ellis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LifeWithBooks+%28Life+...+With+Books%29
tyryant
tyryant rated it 14 years ago
Really kicked into a higher gear approximately two thirds of the way through
target acquired
target acquired rated it 14 years ago
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,...
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