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4040565

Anonymous Sun Aug 18 18:51:48 2013 No.4040565 [Reply] [Original]

You guys seem to hate Bret Easton Ellis' work. Why?

>>	Anonymous Sun Aug 18 18:52:48 2013 No.4040567 We don't, we hate his readers.

>>	Anonymous Sun Aug 18 18:54:47 2013 No.4040569 >>4040567 Well then why do you hate his readers? Is it because of the rawness of his work, and the fact that it attracts people who think that depravity in books = depth?

>>	Anonymous Sun Aug 18 19:03:47 2013 No.4040580 Bump.

>>	Anonymous Sun Aug 18 19:05:47 2013 No.4040581 Are his books good or bad in your opinion, and what makes them so?

>>	Anonymous Sun Aug 18 19:15:47 2013 No.4040594 >>4040565 cus it sux

>>	Anonymous Sun Aug 18 19:21:47 2013 No.4040603 >>4040594 Eloquent.

>>	Anonymous Sun Aug 18 19:45:47 2013 No.4040658 >>4040603 Empire or post-empire eloquent?

>>	Anonymous Sun Aug 18 20:03:47 2013 No.4040683 His first 3 books were very interesting to read. The rest kinda blows.

>>	Anonymous Sun Aug 18 23:47:47 2013 No.4041151 The edge of his books always manages to cut me, so I've learned simply to avoid them.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 19 07:19:20 2013 No.4041735 >unsympathetic main characters >devoid of descriptive imagery >just look at his face

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 19 07:37:20 2013 No.4041747 File: 25 KB, 600x455, 1376572364573.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4041735 >i need to sympathize with the characters