Book :: American Psycho

American Psycho
By: Bret Easton Ellis
Pages: 416
Published: 1991
Genre(s): Horror
Thriller
Crime
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Now a major motion picture from Lion's Gate Films starring Christian Bale (Metroland), Chloe Sevigny (The Last Days of Disco), Jared Leto (My So Called Life), and Reese Witherspoon (Cruel Intentions), and directed by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol). In American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis imaginatively explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our...

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red13x red13x

I was totally hooked. The author mixes Bateman’s narcism really well; the mundane and normalisation of his murderous acts intertwined with his longings to look and be the best dressed/groomed/materialist he can be. Whether you like Bateman or not, it’s hard to deny the authors ability to portray a total psychopath!

Oct 4th, 2024

Tipperj Tipperj

Sep 24th, 2024

Ninett Ninett

May 5th, 2019

forline forline

this was very hard to read....very hard...it really captured the mind-blowing consumerism of the 80s in horrific and morally-empty minute detail. At the same time, the overall callousness of those idolizing status and money...and the madness...the evil... This one hurt; this one was appalling. I'm not sure why my reaction here is different from my reaction to the beat/drugs/Burroughs/Kerouac/etc--with those I was disgusted and didn't enjoy. AP ratcheted up the horror and maybe that's why I dislike it less?

Jun 11th, 2018

minhthuann minhthuann

Very satirical. Creepy at times, Patrick Bateman is intimidating but charismatic at the same time!

Apr 5th, 2016

Trappalapp Trappalapp

Jan 26th, 2015

jwk jwk

Most graphic book I've ever read.

Dec 27th, 2014

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Aug 24th, 2014

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Mar 20th, 2014

Joyce Beckett Joyce Beckett

Sick slick and ultimately like an act of onamism - exciting, naughty, climactic and ultimately leaves you sad, alone, and feeling slightly sick

Sep 23rd, 2013

matthewrparks matthewrparks

American Psycho is a satirical masterpiece - a dull overview of the life in the day of a seemingly normal businessman, with violent and sexual intermittent outbursts that are so sudden and shocking they'll appall even the most seasoned readers. This novel perfectly documents the American mindset, and the progression, or lack thereof, that our society has made.

Mar 20th, 2013

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76th on The 20th Centrury's Greatest Hits by American Book Review

77th on Books of the Century by Waterstone