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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The way that American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis is darkly hilarious, this book and narrator (an A&R rep for a British record label) are very similar. I audibly laughed on many occasions. Filled with drugs, explicit sex (if you can't handle crass & crude descriptions of sexual acts, don't read this), women (and men) being objectified, curse words (if you can't handle a lot of C bombs, don't read this), racist and sexist remarks aplenty, greed, narcissism, and cynicism surrounding the world of music. Inappropriate to the maximum degree, this book is appalling, yet wonderful. Disturbing and disgusting, yet funny as hell. NOT for everyone, but I f%$@ing loved it. 4.5/5
Rude. Evil. Violent. Smart in a way.
I do understand who says that it was annoying at a certain point to just read the point of view of a real villain. I guess the key is to look at him as a critic to a certain lifestyle. The 90s brit pop fan in me was happy everytime random people as Brett Anderson or Justine Frischman were cited, but beside that I was gripped to the novel and I guess wanted to know how it was ending.
I do understand who says that it was annoying at a certain point to just read the point of view of a real villain. I guess the key is to look at him as a critic to a certain lifestyle. The 90s brit pop fan in me was happy everytime random people as Brett Anderson or Justine Frischman were cited, but beside that I was gripped to the novel and I guess wanted to know how it was ending.
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Got to about page 200 of this vitriolic drivel, mostly through sheer force of will since it seemed entertaining enough at the start and I dislike leaving books unfinished. However, I’m tired and bored of it, so doubt I’ll finish it. It’s so repetitive and not much really happens other than endless tirades. It’s not even shocking. Oh well, at least I know not to waste any time on American psycho, since everyone seems to say how similar they are.
Se non sbaglio, questo è il primo libro di John Niven ma, per fortuna, non è il primo che io ho letto. Se lo fosse stato, non sarei andato oltre, nel leggere Niven, e sarebbe stato un vero peccato perché "A volte ritorno", "Le solite sospette" e "Maschio, bianco etero" li ho trovati davvero belli.
In sintesi, per i miei gusti "Uccidi i tuoi nemici" è un po' fuori misura. Troppe descrizioni su come funziona l'industria della musica, troppe scene di abusi di droghe, troppe scene di concerti, di cene e via dicendo. Insomma, con un 100-150 pagine di meno, forse lo avrei apprezzato di più.
In sintesi, per i miei gusti "Uccidi i tuoi nemici" è un po' fuori misura. Troppe descrizioni su come funziona l'industria della musica, troppe scene di abusi di droghe, troppe scene di concerti, di cene e via dicendo. Insomma, con un 100-150 pagine di meno, forse lo avrei apprezzato di più.
A truly fantastic book, but you'd better have a somewhat dark sense of humor to truly enjoy this book. Not nearly as gruesome as American Psycho, but along those lines. Fascinating and thoroughly entertaining - I didn't want it to end where it did!
Kill Your Friends chronicles a year in the life of the most foul, greedy, base, unapologetic antagonist I've ever loved. If the novel is — as critics have said — truly a realistic portrait of the music industry, it's eye-opening.
Entertaining in not just a 'dark' way, but in a black, bottom of the hole kind of way, the novel was as much my vice as it's characters own cocaine habits. A definite page turner, I kept awaiting the day Stelfox would reconsider his ruinous, avaricious path, but found myself not entirely disappointed that day never seemed to come and Stelfox's greed and ambition drove him to his destination fairly unscathed.
Kill Your Friends was a ride I happened upon, thoroughly enjoyed, and am deliriously happy that I don't have to travel along with, pimping it out to ticket holders and passing it off as my own day-to-day.
Entertaining in not just a 'dark' way, but in a black, bottom of the hole kind of way, the novel was as much my vice as it's characters own cocaine habits. A definite page turner, I kept awaiting the day Stelfox would reconsider his ruinous, avaricious path, but found myself not entirely disappointed that day never seemed to come and Stelfox's greed and ambition drove him to his destination fairly unscathed.
Kill Your Friends was a ride I happened upon, thoroughly enjoyed, and am deliriously happy that I don't have to travel along with, pimping it out to ticket holders and passing it off as my own day-to-day.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not only disgusting but also incredibly BORING. Constantly talking about fat women and prostitutes and drugs and how bad the industry is... Sure, and?
It wants to be funny but fails
Brings nothing new, just an end in itself
It wants to be funny but fails
Brings nothing new, just an end in itself