American Psycho

The style is... well... unexpected to be sure. (And very brave of the brands that did agree to be part of the adaptation!) Mentioned this in another review but the line 'I had two vaginas in my gym locker.' The whiplash. Still think about it. Gorey, violent to the extreme, it stretches my upper-limit of how much depravity I can read (which is, usually, quite a lot). It's also weirdly funny from the very beginning, like when a character thinks he's the bigger person for having cried at the Challenger launch. The dark comedy is the shining light at the end of the tunnel. I appreciate how groundbreaking this was when it first came out and still is to an extent today but the Patrick Bateman fanboys who don't seem to understand its very obvious satirical nature have certainly quelled a lot of my respect.

disdain for the rich and empty. brands, GQ, unrelenting violence, unreality, misogyny, brands, designer, restaurant, more expensive restaurant, donald trump, brands, hair, cocaine, huey lewis and the news, thinner, bulkier, taller, hatred, hatred, aimless empty prejudice, everything empty even violence

Ultimately successful in its aims as a hatred-induced breakdown of a particular kind of insufferable person but so unbearably gruesome that my honest feelings are mostly just disgust. I appreciate its rage but want nothing to do with the result. This has messed with my dreams on several separate days.

WOW! Amazing book. I have always liked the movie adaptation of this book, but now I realise that it doesn't do justice to just how insane Bateman is.

To me this book feels a bit like a diary, and we get to go on a ride with Bateman as he spirals into insanity.

The murders are the most sickly described I have ever read. Nasty nasty stuff. The murder in the penguin enclosure was one of the shortest in the book but by far the most disturbing.

Certainly not for kids. haha

Officially a fan of Bret Easton Ellis now.

Fuck.

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis was everything like the movie, but in greater detail. If you thought the movie was gruesome then the book will not be for you. I found myself going nuts when I was reading this book; all the references to brand names made me want to go psycho. I guess that was part of the aim. I know most people say the book is always better than the movie but in the case of American Psycho there isn’t much of a difference; the movie got the message across just as effectively as the book.