American Psycho
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"Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and he works on Wall Street, he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to head-on collision with America's greatest dream—and its worst nightmare—American Psycho is bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognise but do not wish to confront."
"Appearances can be deceiving".
Pat Bateman and his friends are a portrait of a very futile mindset that was revered by society in the 90´s, the yuppies. These young businessmen lived a live of excess, focusing on brands and how much money they made.
The author nails these characters perfectly, they way that Pat describes what people are wearing and how much a meal costs really brings you in to the universe the author is writing about. That being said I must say that I hated Pat every single minute and paragraph of this book.
The way he goes, or is, insane through the book is well woven in a plot that really does nothing but illustrate different moods of the main character.
There were parts I really loved (like the description of the albums from Huey Lewis and the News, Genesis that albeit knowledgeable also shows the character attraction for simpler music, and the way he gets crazier and crazier as the book goes along) and there were parts that I felt were just too drawn out, way longer than needed (some of the murders and some of his walking aimlessly about).
It's a good book and it'll make and impact on the reader for sure, it might not be for everyone but I think everyone should read it, keeping in mind that the futility these characters live in is actually real for some people, and that is the scariest part of this book.
Pat Bateman and his friends are a portrait of a very futile mindset that was revered by society in the 90´s, the yuppies. These young businessmen lived a live of excess, focusing on brands and how much money they made.
The author nails these characters perfectly, they way that Pat describes what people are wearing and how much a meal costs really brings you in to the universe the author is writing about. That being said I must say that I hated Pat every single minute and paragraph of this book.
The way he goes, or is, insane through the book is well woven in a plot that really does nothing but illustrate different moods of the main character.
There were parts I really loved (like the description of the albums from Huey Lewis and the News, Genesis that albeit knowledgeable also shows the character attraction for simpler music, and the way he gets crazier and crazier as the book goes along) and there were parts that I felt were just too drawn out, way longer than needed (some of the murders and some of his walking aimlessly about).
It's a good book and it'll make and impact on the reader for sure, it might not be for everyone but I think everyone should read it, keeping in mind that the futility these characters live in is actually real for some people, and that is the scariest part of this book.