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3.07 AVERAGE
3.07 AVERAGE
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A much more enjoyable read than Less Than Zero, completing some story arcs and leaving others open. Ellis conveys the apathy and disassociation of his characters well, some may criticize him for the tone and content but I feel it serves to better empathize with some otherwise awful people.
fast-paced
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
This is the follow up to Bret Easton Ellis' debut novel Less Than Zero. Here Clay returns to LA. He's grown up and is now a screen writer and film producer. He's also a bit of a prick!
Someone is following him. A young actor has been found brutally murdered. Someone is breaking into his apartment when he's not there. While worrying about all of this, Clay drinks loads and goes to casting where he abuses his position to sleep with young actresses and actors. He falls in love of sorts. But he's a nasty piece of work. Love is about ownership, abuse and control.
This felt like it was written in a hurry. It seems unfocused, and is quite nasty at times. There's not a lot to recommend here to be honest.
Someone is following him. A young actor has been found brutally murdered. Someone is breaking into his apartment when he's not there. While worrying about all of this, Clay drinks loads and goes to casting where he abuses his position to sleep with young actresses and actors. He falls in love of sorts. But he's a nasty piece of work. Love is about ownership, abuse and control.
This felt like it was written in a hurry. It seems unfocused, and is quite nasty at times. There's not a lot to recommend here to be honest.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence
Bret Easton Ellis, where do I start. I loathed, loathed, loathed this novel. Detested it. It was an easy read, but completely pointless and unnecessary. As usual, Ellis explores the same themes he explores in EVERY NOVEL HE HAS EVER WRITTEN. The characters are the usual empty, one dimensional narcissists. The novel is set in the vapid, 'dark underbelly' of LA. The typical misogyny abounds (methinks Mr. Ellis should perhaps meet some intelligent women, or at least read ms. faludi's 'Backlash'--wide-sweeping generalizations just aren't in something he should be able to get away with as an older, more established writer). As usual, most male characters want to be Patrick Bateman and the women are shallow eyecandy. I hated it. Ellis thinks he is F. Scott Fitzgerald. Well, Bret, you are no F. Scott Fitzgerald. The fifteen year old me might have loved this novel, but the 28 year old me hates it. If anyone wants to buy a cheap hardback, go check Book Castle. I'm selling this waste of tree and time.
I actually read it in 3 days, a lot of mystery and Easton Ellis sticking to this insane way of writing.
It felt forced and convoluted. The charm of American Psycho isn't in this one, and the gratuitous sex and violence could not save the fact that it sometimes read like mad libs.