Note: The review below was taken directly from my Goodreads account. Warning: Spoilers be down below! I feel like I should do a PSA for this book before my review, so here it goes:Warning: This book contains graphic sex and violence. If you have a queasy stomach or don't like non-missionary se...
Note: The review below was taken from my Goodreads account. "No one ever likes the right person," I say."That's not true," he says. "I like you."That's not exactly what I meant or wanted to hear, but I ask him earnestly, "Do you?"There's a pause. "Sure. Why not?" he says. I really like Ellis's w...
Nawet lubiłam Paula, zwłaszcza za tę refleksję w pewnym momencie, że czy już na zawsze zostanie przysłowiowym pedałem. U Ellisa nie liczy się forma ani treść tylko, tak jakby, przekaz. Ale co mnie może obchodzić TEN akurat przekaz? Że rozpuszczone, bogate, naćpane Amerykańce pod koniec lat osiemdzie...
This is a strange book. I suppose that I see it as a commentary on the emptiness and pathological state of society reflected in the psychopathic murdering of the main character. In that case it is a kind of brutal satire of materialism and shallowness. It seems that some people think that the boo...
I think Bret Easton Ellis' Less Than Zero was not only my introduction to him, but it was also, I think, the first book I read where the narration was in present tense. Might seem awkward at first, but it really flowed. Later on, I'd end up trying my hand at writing short stories that way, and I rea...
It was a good idea to read this immediately after Less Than Zero. It helps make what works about the earlier novel come into focus, while at the same time letting you laugh about how this one is way too "cutesy". Yes, not a word that one would normally associate with such a nasty bit of writing, bu...
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! 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...
So this is in the 1001 Books To Read Before You Die List. And every time someone in this book picks up a Zagat guide to choose a bar or argue the merits of the appetizer of this restaurant versus the other (and there were A LOT of Zagat-ery in this one), I get a meta moment. Maybe that's genius on B...
I re-read this as a prelude to reading Imperial Bedrooms, wanting to remember the characters a bit better in order to see how they are later re-imagined. There is so much to praise in Less Than Zero, though Ellis' youth in the end limits the sophistication of the pared down language. He is so adep...
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