Published July 28, 2008
Just finished this pretty graphic novel an hour or so ago and must say that I was quite impressed by the level of writing. Ellis is indeed an original. Though the novel is filled with sex, murder, and the macabre, it is all at once a satire of the 1980's.
The story is told through the eyes of Patrick Bateman, who also appeared in Ellis' previous novel, The Rules of Attraction. He works at Price and Price by day, but works as a serial killer at night.
All in all, the novel is fairly good, though it is not my favorite.
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I love this book. I'm reading it right now and I want to go out and buy American Psycho posters and hang them on my wall and wear American psycho t-shirts.
I LOVED the description... I nearly cried when he described the numb feeling he got when he saw everyone else's business card. It was humorous, sad and painfully true to character.
And the GORE. It's REAL gore. I have not seen the movie but it would have to be rated NC17 at least to contain everything the book does. And it's so eerily true, to the very last detail...my favorite scene was when bateman and his girlfriend went to Pierce's house. I almost felt sympathetic for him, during those agonizing days.
I have already watched the movie, enjoyed it very much, I just started reading the novel but damn the writing is sooo descriptive! especially the part when he's just getting ready in the morning like damn, but I guess it's just showing character development; showing off how observant he is which shows how crazy he really is. I will finish this soon, I hope, some parts are pretty damn disturbing, a lot worse than the movie's adaption.
Both the movie and the book are fantastic. Hilarious, stuff. Tell me the sex scene in the movie is not the funniest thing ever.
The book is very different from the movie. First of all, the gore is tenfold worse. Really, the movie is nothing compared to it.
I really like American Psycho since mr. Ellis succeeds so well in making Bateman into a true psychopath. The first person view point really brings out his rabid perfectionism and callous attitude towards his world and the people around him. While Patrick knows a great deal of things in great detail and can keep up a flawless exterior he's completely lost when it comes to basic emotions. He doesn't feel, he acts because he knows he should. I think that's a great achievement of the author.
Sure, the book can get a little bit slow from time to time, but the more trippy chapters are really amusing to read. The authors sense of humor is awesome. Just take the character's clothes. They're described at great length and detail, and made to sound so sophisticated and classy. In reality they would look ridiculous.
My boyfriend made me watch the movie of this book, and I was really disappointed with it. Now I'm a little wary of the book - it's not the gore, violence and sex that deterred me (that made it INTERESTING). I was just really upset with the ambiguous ending. It just seemed like no effort was put into it.
Of course, that was the movie. But like I said, it puts me off to the book. Maybe I shooould give it a chance...