May 16, 2023angelinaqt rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
At the height of satirizing consumerism and capitalism stands "American Psycho." The reader is swept along the wacky, often unreliable narration of Patrick Bateman, an investment banker in the deepest trenches of business Manhattan who is…
Apr 04, 2023batrickpateman rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book is complex. I picked it up because I really liked the movie. It took me a while to finish because it's long and slow and can get boring, which is by design and not a fault. You are completely submerged in the mind of a vain,…
Mar 07, 2023Sharktank818 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Hands down one the most terrifying books I ever read. Definitely not for the weak hearted. Out of all the Ellis books this is one of the least disturbing ones, a sequel would have been cool for this one. Had some good laughs and definitely…
Oct 02, 2021joeLIGMA rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I have a sensitive stomach and boy this book made me lose my appetite. Definitely only read this if you are mature and think you can handle it and if you have to wonder if you can, don’t. I also found myself in a bad mood from reading this…
Jul 17, 2021sunny39o rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I look forward to the era wherein horrific violence towards women isn't posed by authors as some lazy metaphor that people find to be "DeEp" and "PhIlOsOpHiCaL."
Jan 13, 2020Bubba_Louie rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Believe me - "American Psycho" is one difficult book to recommend to others as being an enjoyable or worthwhile read. Yep. There's no doubt about that!
Its long-winded story repeatedly swings, like a pendulum (back & forth), between…
Dec 19, 2019NeoNoir rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Appropriately titled "American Psycho" (Uh? Did I just hear someone mention the name of Donald Trump!?) - This book of in-your-face horror and twisted-minded gore is certainly one helluva bumpy roller-coaster ride where the reader doesn't…
Aug 09, 2019lmm3629 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Reader BEWARE!!! I like to consider myself a horror genre enthusiast. Stephen King is my favorite author. Gore, murder and uncomfortable situations do not faze me much. This book, however, went way beyond 'the line'. If detailed stories on…
Jul 20, 2019dennismmiller rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Patrick Bateman is certainly a wealthy Wall Street executive. He is probably an undiagnosed schizophrenic. He may be a serial killer.
Reading American Psycho is an unpleasant experience. Of course, there are the detailed descriptions…
This was a publication sensation: people thought it was a guilty pleasure to read a work which featured such a sociopathic protagonist, and yet enjoyed it! Unfortunately, what was once a vice has become a habit; this trend now runs…
May 05, 2019lunabookworm55 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
There's some funny and unexpected turns to this book, like the fact that everyone around the main character is so oblivious to the point where's he's nearly asking for his friends and colleagues to notice how twisted he is, but he's…
American Psycho is a truly twisted tale about a modern-day serial killer (young, handsome and horny) who mutilates, butchers and tortures his victims without any conscience or remorse, whatsoever.
In many ways this is a mighty tough…
This was an excellent portrayal of the psychological collapse of an emotionally shallow, ethically untethered man. For the first 150 pages or so. I get the impression the author didn't know where to go with it, so decided that the…
Feb 22, 2018alicat1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Psychotic rages aside, this read
represents a detailed tribute to the materialistic
trappings of the Manhattan Yuppie existence, with
pop-artist evaluations woven between killings.
Jan 04, 2018zvanstanley rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Before reading this book, there are a few things you should know:
1. It is incredibly graphic, in regards to both sex and violence. It only gets more graphic as the book goes on.
2. It is intentionally shocking.
3. You are not…
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis was the best horror and psychological thriller that I ever read; Ellis’s writing style drew me in instantly because it was so different than others. Patrick Bateman is a 26-year-old investment banker…
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saharri1
Mar 23, 2016saharri1 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Brilliant satire of greed, excess, narcissism, and the downward spiral that accompanies undeserved privelege. Extremely violent, but necessarily so. Commodity fetishism as sociopathy.
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ben_norman
Jul 23, 2015ben_norman rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Beautifully written, viseral and perfect. A beautiful commentary on the shallow nature of man( we are so preoccupied with ourselves, we don't even notice a murderer in our midst even when he confesses) and the mindless preoccupation with…
To donb0099:
I wasn't going to read this book until I read your little review. You've made it sound appealing to me. I'm going to check out a copy right now. Thanks!
BTW, you should look into doing work for New York Times Book…
May 11, 2014ManMachine rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Here are three cold, hard facts about American Psycho, a sensationally controversial and decidedly brutal piece of modern-day horror-fiction. (1) Published in 1991, gay-closeted novelist, Brett Easton Ellis, wrote this cruel-minded story…
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American Psycho