A review by clangenskiold
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis

dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

First BEE book I've read, and I quite liked it. I like an unreliable and morally-ambiguous narrator, and this one had me second-guessing pretty much everything right up to the end. BEE's writing style is quite rich, yet very repetitive - so many references to music and pop culture that, at first I found really vivid and helped transport me into the era, but became seriously tedious after a few chapters.
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