francisicus_rex 's review for:

IMPERIAL BEDROOMS. by Bret Easton Ellis, Bret Easton Ellis

3.0

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My second attempt at an Ellis book and it will be my final. I read Less Than Zero (LTZ) and was kinda meh about it, and I’m even more meh about this one. Just so blah the whole way through and the whole “it’s full of disaffected characters” thing just made me not care about their exploits either. This might have been shocking in LTZ, but by now it seemed pretty typical. There was just no spark in this one, whereas at least in LTZ every few pages or so he’d have some kind of clever sentence or two to keep me engaged. About the only positive I can give is the pacing is done well and it is a quick read.