A review by k4tno3lle
American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis
2.0
i haven’t read that many books but this is the first book that i’m genuinely relieved and happy to have finished.
i didn’t like it from the first few pages (opening dinner scene was confusing, already too many names to remember) but i thought i’d give it the benefit of the doubt, maybe it’ll get better. it didn’t. i ended up reading like 60 pages today because i just wanted to get it over with. (yes i could’ve simply stopped reading but i’m no quitter, also i was curious to see if it would ever get better… again, it didn’t)
cons:
-one major thing i noticed (and disliked) was how repetitive it was. the most common occurrence was patrick bringing home girls and proceeding to torture and murder them in the worst, most brutal and violent way possible. (basically torture porn, it makes me wonder what the author was feeling when he was describing these parts)
- also the story itself was… nonexistent? other than him killing women, assaulting homeless people, abusing animals, going to dinners, doing drugs, making reservations, calling women “hardbodies”, there was really no actual start, middle or end.
-i’m not one to get offended by things so idk if what i felt was offended but a lot of the stuff definitely didn’t sit right with me (which is the point i think but still, there’s a line between casual offended and wtf-i-hate-this-i-wish-this-book-was never-made-offended)
- the characters are all terrible and annoying and pretentious. except jean i guess, but what could she possibly see in patrick
i didn’t like it from the first few pages (opening dinner scene was confusing, already too many names to remember) but i thought i’d give it the benefit of the doubt, maybe it’ll get better. it didn’t. i ended up reading like 60 pages today because i just wanted to get it over with. (yes i could’ve simply stopped reading but i’m no quitter, also i was curious to see if it would ever get better… again, it didn’t)
cons:
-one major thing i noticed (and disliked) was how repetitive it was. the most common occurrence was patrick bringing home girls and proceeding to torture and murder them in the worst, most brutal and violent way possible. (basically torture porn, it makes me wonder what the author was feeling when he was describing these parts)
- also the story itself was… nonexistent? other than him killing women, assaulting homeless people, abusing animals, going to dinners, doing drugs, making reservations, calling women “hardbodies”, there was really no actual start, middle or end.
-i’m not one to get offended by things so idk if what i felt was offended but a lot of the stuff definitely didn’t sit right with me (which is the point i think but still, there’s a line between casual offended and wtf-i-hate-this-i-wish-this-book-was never-made-offended)
- the characters are all terrible and annoying and pretentious. except jean i guess, but what could she possibly see in patrick