A review by robotnic
Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs by Lina Wolff

3.0

I'm really torn about how to rate this book. I loved the prose, and the characters (for the first 2/3rds), and the tension and drama that existed between them. But it feels more like a stitched-together short story collection than a novel. There was no arc, no through-line, and the final third felt hijacked by a character I didn't want to hear from. The mundane details stretched to boring and it felt disjointed with only a few closing paragraphs to tie it all back together. As I read it, it didn't work, but I can also spin it in a way where it does work. When it's good, it's very very good. When it's bad, it's a slog. 3.5 I guess?