A review by yoana_misirkova
The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis

3.0

Before I started this book - a collection of short stories I was a little alarmed by the bad reviews. I must admit that I was not that impressed and it came nowhere near the level of "American Psycho" but overall for what it claims to express, the book is good. Throughout the book we get a whole bunch of brutal metaphors, which really get under the skin. Also a whole spectre of moral decay is depicted - from cheating and lying to rape and murder. Ans there are some stories in which the "storytellers" are adults and parents, so we really get the sense that this decay is all-consuming and that everybody suffers from it.
I particularly liked "Letters from L.A." because it showed the whole process of turning into a brainless, heartless creature, which lives on booze and drugs.
And "Discovering Japan" "At the still point" made a particular impression on me. I think they both were brilliant, as the first one showed the bad side to rockstar glam, and they both depicted how these soulless protagonists react when one of theie own dies - which is either they don't feel anything or everybody else doesn't feel anything.
Overall I would give this book 3 stars, as I think it wasn't bad but it definitely wasn't Ellis at his best.