Helpful Score: 11
This is truly the sickest most twisted book I've ever read. It's like a 30 car pile up you can't walk away from. I have read it 3 times and must get rid of it before I commit it to memory. Should be tracked by the FBI for suspected serial killers. Much better than the movie. Definitly not for the faint of heart.
Helpful Score: 11
First off, the movie did not even compare to this book. Forget the movie all together and start here. This book was one of those that you don't want to put down but is so very disturbing that you want to walk away from it. This was a rollercoaster of emotions and just shy of the moment when you put it down and go get sick! I found myself many times gasping with my hand over my mouth, telling my husband how horrible it is to read, and picking it back up again! A fast paced, detailed read that keeps you burning the lamp for HOURS! I do not regret reading it..but safe to say that I don't think that I will ever be able to read it again!
Helpful Score: 4
This was a fabulous piece of writing, and I feel 100% positive that it will stay with me the rest of my days. But then again, I'm not so sure that's a good thing. This is the most macabre, gruesome story that I've ever laid eyes upon. Wonderfully glib and funny in places, with the overblown and exaggerated self-absorption of the 1980's, there is virtually no warning when Patrick decides to go on a murderous, torturous, explicit rampage. Not for the faint of heart.
Helpful Score: 3
first off, this is one disturbing book and i completely understand why it's on the banned book list. the crass materialism of the main character and his acquaintances is just as disturbing as the vicious murders he commits (or fantasizes about committing). that said, it's actually a brilliantly written book. it develops the right characters and leaves the right characters mysteriously in the shadows. the pace doesn't run along too fast, but just fast enough for some of the stuff patrick bateman does to take you by surprise. it sucks you in nicely.
the most disturbing thing about this book is that i'm pretty sure i went to high school with a few patrick bateman's and a couple of his friends.
the most disturbing thing about this book is that i'm pretty sure i went to high school with a few patrick bateman's and a couple of his friends.
Helpful Score: 3
The novel that inspired the 2000 movie with Christian Bale, this is about a young Wall Street broker, handsome and wealthy, who is also a brutal and sadistic killer. It is a really fascinating study in a culture and milieu so shallow and obsessed with appearance that literally nothing else matters, even human life.
