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Is this worth reading?

>> No.11186828

>>11186784
yes, next question

>> No.11186841

Unironically the movie managed to convey the themes and story in a better more engaging way than the novel. Brett Easton Ellis is a hack btw.

>> No.11186875

>>11186841
>Unironically the movie managed to convey the themes and story in a better more engaging way than the novel. Brett Easton Ellis is a hack btw.
I really like the movie. I read the synopsis, thought the dual personality theme might be better explored in the book. But if the movie is sufficiently good I'll just read something else on my list :S

>> No.11186885

>>11186784
The book was ten times funnier than the movie. Also, Ellis has a good ear for dialogue.

>> No.11186890

>>11186875
If you've already seen the movie there is no point in reading the book, the only worthwhile part of it that isn't in the movie is Bateman knifing a young child in a park and his feelings of disappointment about it it's very redundant (even though that was the supposed point) to the point of near unreadability.

>> No.11186943

>>11186784
It's fine entry-level edge-core but it's not a great novel.

>> No.11188314

It’s not a masterpiece but has some merit to it. The style is very recognizable and it’s partly hilarious. It’s also very captivating, you always want to read one more chapter. Definitely a good reading experience.

>> No.11188708

the first 100 pages is kinda painful, but it actually does become a pretty masterful book.

I guess...the thing to keep in mind is the unpleasant things (and I'm not even talking about the killing, just the banal conversations and meaninglessness of his yuppy life) are intended to be unpleasant, and the killing and all that is intended to be kind of exciting.

>> No.11188715

>>11188708
>the thing to keep in mind is the unpleasant things (and I'm not even talking about the killing, just the banal conversations and meaninglessness of his yuppy life) are intended to be unpleasant

I thought those parts were pretty funny, like that business card scene. And how nobody knows each other's names.

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11188727

no, just watch the movie

>> No.11188744

It's a slog. Too much repetition, too much pointless description of consumerist tokens to show how fucking retarded Batman is. It's all very superficial and glib. Yes, there's a point in there, but it doesn't make it a good read.

>> No.11188986

|It's a great read. It's becomes really intoxicating and addictive after the first hundred or so pages. Laugh out loud funny in parts, gruesome enough to make you wince in others. One of my favs, but I feel like a pleb saying that because most people don't get past the initial hurdle of endless descriptions of what everyone is wearing.

>> No.11189093

>>11188986
No, you're absolutely right. It's a riot and it's thought provoking. BEE's prose is beautiful in the sections when he's describing Bateman's inner turmoil, his derealization and anxiety attacks. I love it.

>> No.11189599

>>11188744
>It's all very superficial and glib

It's sort of supposed to be superficial and glib. It takes the superficial and glib to an absurd and artful level.

I didn't really care for it at first, but after a while I did turn around and start to notice how bizarrely funny all this banal consumerism and yuppie inane banter really was.

>> No.11190303

>>11186784
Does anyone else like Less Than Zero more or is that just me?