american psycho bret easton ellis book review

I talked about it with my teacher today, and he said he still doesn’t know whether he hates it or loves it. It is one of a kind no novel will have the kind of effect on you as this one does. However, to do American Psycho some justice I have to say I do respect this book it’s extremely well-written and an effective social critique. Because, let’s face it, many girls of my age are sometimes afraid of getting raped. As a twenty year old girl it is terrifying to read about the complete and utter terror of a girl who’s being raped and tortured. Maybe I’m ready to read this novel ten years from now, but right now I’m not in the right place to read it. I got 300 pages into the book, but I didn’t finish it, and I’m not planning on finishing it anytime soon. The reader experiences the story through Bateman’s eyes and gets to read very graphic and detailed descriptions about what he does to the people he tortures.

The novel depicts a psychopath, Patrick Bateman, who cares more about what clothes he’s wearing and which clubs he goes to than about the people (mostly women) he tortures, rapes and murders. The contents genuinely scared and upset me, and not just as a reader or a student, but as a person. The thing with this novel, however, is that I didn’t just not like it. Basically, American Psycho ruined my week and I didn’t want to think about it anymore, but I promised I’d review all the books I had to read for the contemporary literature course I’m taking, and I feel like the bad reviews have to be written, too. Honestly, I don’t even really know how to write this review, which is also why there was no post on Sunday. He is also a psychopath. American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to face and it takes us to a head-on collision with America’s greatest dream - and its worst nightmare. Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and works on Wall Street he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent.

American psycho bret easton ellis book review