is american psycho the book worth a read?

[kritical]

any opinions?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

yes, the book was very good, as are Bret Easton Ellis' other books

 

[erikistired]

yes. the book is GREAT. it puts the movie to shame.

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: fisher
yes. the book is GREAT. it puts the movie to shame.

QFT son. Only weird thing about the book is when he goes on about the albums. For pages at a time.

Rules of attraction was excellent also.

 

[slayer202]

yeah it's worth it

 

[dr150]

Too much minutae description and sick twisted writing.

The author is disturbed.

Not worth it.

 

[djheater]

I read it and it was fine, not great not terrible.

 

[Platypus]

It's a great book, it really gives you a better portrayal than the film does; though both are fantastic.

 

[ghart999]

That book messed me up for life.

I think of gruesome things now that one should not think of.

 

[jandrews]

Its pretty good, easton ellis has a way of really depressing you if you read too much of his stuff. Anyway, there is definately a few parts that make me gag, it goes wayy wayy over the top.

 

[Modeps]

That book was a very odd duck. I liked it, but the pages upon pages of detail were a little nutty... of course, that was the point but it did get a little off-putting. Still, it was much better than the movie. I didn't really care for that, while I did enjoy the book enough to recommend it.

 

[paulxcook]

I didn't find it all that gruesome or disturbing. That doesn't mean I'm so tough, I just don't think the book was that bad. I understood the purpose of all the description of fashion and albums and all that, but I found it tiresome after a while.

Interesting factoid: Ellis says he just ripped the fashion descriptions from a few issues of GQ, and that if you actually wore all the stuff he listed you'd probably look ridiculous.

 

[hiromizu]

Originally posted by: dr150
Too much minutae description and sick twisted writing.

The author is disturbed.

Not worth it.

I'm guessing you're not a Wilde fan either.