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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
La prosa de Bret Easton Ellis me sorprendió. Me gustaron las descripciones, el estilo breve y efectivo de su prosa. No utiliza palabras rebuscadas ni construcciones o figuras literarias complicadas. Un estilo muy fiel a los autores gringos de la generación previa a Ellis (Carver, Roth, etc.).
El argumento, sin embargo, es flojo, se queda lejos de las buenas novelas de terror. Tampoco es cómica, ni seria, ni fantástica, ni autobiográfica. Se queda a medias en todas direcciones.
El principio, los primeros diez capítulos son buenos, y el final (las últimas cinco páginas) también. Me gustaron. Pero leer la parte media fue dificil, lenta, aburrida.
El argumento, sin embargo, es flojo, se queda lejos de las buenas novelas de terror. Tampoco es cómica, ni seria, ni fantástica, ni autobiográfica. Se queda a medias en todas direcciones.
El principio, los primeros diez capítulos son buenos, y el final (las últimas cinco páginas) también. Me gustaron. Pero leer la parte media fue dificil, lenta, aburrida.
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautiful, tragic, terrifying. Best to read after a particularly bad conversation with your father.
I found this a bit overwrought and it’s a real father issues fantasia…..the third act exorcism was odd—he’s brought you to a psychic climax of fear and grief and then suddenly the ghostbusters are there? Weirdly paced and edited.
But! I like Bret Easton Ellis and this didn’t change that.
But! I like Bret Easton Ellis and this didn’t change that.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A writer who is named Bret Easton Ellis puts to rest some ghosts, a novel written by Bret Easton Ellis.
More of a metafiction-y tale than horror, although there are some nice haunted-house sequences. Is it real or isn't it? I feel like soneone challenged the author to think of the most horrific thing he could think of, and he said, "Me, married, and trying to be a sober, responsible parent." It started out as a joke, then caught his imagination. It would be bad--but why, exactly? The rest of that book tries to answer the question. At least, that's my theory.
I liked this but found it predictable, like someone in therapy who makes a breakthough realization that everyone else has seen all along. So I didn't find it scary or tense. But probably a lot of people will; there are definitely some clever bits.
Recommended for horror fans looking for something a bit different.
More of a metafiction-y tale than horror, although there are some nice haunted-house sequences. Is it real or isn't it? I feel like soneone challenged the author to think of the most horrific thing he could think of, and he said, "Me, married, and trying to be a sober, responsible parent." It started out as a joke, then caught his imagination. It would be bad--but why, exactly? The rest of that book tries to answer the question. At least, that's my theory.
I liked this but found it predictable, like someone in therapy who makes a breakthough realization that everyone else has seen all along. So I didn't find it scary or tense. But probably a lot of people will; there are definitely some clever bits.
Recommended for horror fans looking for something a bit different.
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-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
dark
mysterious
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
My first encounter with BEE. Prolly not the best book to start with, but I still enjoyed it. I will most likely get around to reading American Psycho in the relatively near future. I read this book because I had heard that it loosely inspired much of Porcupine Tree's album Fear of a Blank Planet, a band that I love.