A review by senoyreve
Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

glamorama is a satire of repitition, brands are listed off one after another, next to descriptions of humans, eventually next to descriptions of corpses. the book is so compelling in that way, even though it eventually becomes grating. there is something about ellis’ writing that is limiting in its political contexts, wanting to not say too much because caring isn’t cool. it’s interesting because the model terroist clan is perfect story telling device for a story about anything but a generic group of agents of chaos who bomb for hire. the movie subplot also adds to a surreal and confusing tone which is probably intentional but too hard to follow.