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A review by ylvasorli
Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis
3.0
When I started, I thought I would rate this higher...
I do like to know what's going on when I read a book, and in this case I was SO confused - the entire time. After reading reviews and "glamorama explained" I do understand more, but I'm still confused. I also felt that this book was 200 pages too long, as I almost dnf'd it around the halfway point. It's also difficult to know what's real and what's not as he is constantly taking drugs and drinking.
As far as the writing goes, I'm obsessed. BEE writes in a way that makes me both numb and emotional. And I love the overly heavy description of everything. Although I don't love when he lists 100 names in one sentence.
Questions I have: (spoilers)
- The chapter count: why was it split into 6 parts, each part having a count down? except for the last part who counted from 1-15?
- How did they find such good doubles?
- Why did his father need him out of the country? as far as I could see he didnt even want to see or talk with his dad?
- what's up with the film crews? what this all a movie?
- during the bombings Victor mentions that not all the flying body parts are real - so were the bombings real? or was all of this just movie sets that reflects upon the overly violent movies at the time?
I do like to know what's going on when I read a book, and in this case I was SO confused - the entire time. After reading reviews and "glamorama explained" I do understand more, but I'm still confused. I also felt that this book was 200 pages too long, as I almost dnf'd it around the halfway point. It's also difficult to know what's real and what's not as he is constantly taking drugs and drinking.
As far as the writing goes, I'm obsessed. BEE writes in a way that makes me both numb and emotional. And I love the overly heavy description of everything. Although I don't love when he lists 100 names in one sentence.
Questions I have: (spoilers)
- The chapter count: why was it split into 6 parts, each part having a count down? except for the last part who counted from 1-15?
- How did they find such good doubles?
- Why did his father need him out of the country? as far as I could see he didnt even want to see or talk with his dad?
- what's up with the film crews? what this all a movie?
- during the bombings Victor mentions that not all the flying body parts are real - so were the bombings real? or was all of this just movie sets that reflects upon the overly violent movies at the time?