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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:12:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chesneywormbot - American Psycho takes an in depth look into the mind of a sociopath driven by image and materialism. Following the character Patrick Bateman, the reader is privy to his innermost thoughts and emotions and the efforts and affectations involved in...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Support free speech - read a banned book! I read American Psycho

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:00:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - What is the point of banning books? I hope that the people who work so hard to get books banned realize that, in the act of banning the book, they’ve simultaneously catapulted the same book to instant notoriety, thereby guaranteeing that more people...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Dressed to impress on a trip to nowhere

Fri, 5 Nov 2004 00:43:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author judy_lind - Bret Easton Ellis is a master at describing the anomie of end of the 20th century, but nowhere is that anomie more disturbingly brought to life than in "American Psycho". The book raised a firestorm when it was due to be released; feminists condemned it...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: So you want to be an enfant terrible?

Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:35:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author federicom - I admit it. I am very torn on what to think of this novel and especially on how to rate it. There are times when I feel that reading this book is the literary equivalent of eating junk food: it makes people feel guilty and slightly embarassed while they...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:55:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author elcaptain - I found that American Psycho was an interesting book to read. I had seen the movie before I read the book and the book made sense of some things that the movie left hanging. Unfortunately I thought that the book went into a little too much graphic detail...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Life will Never be the Same

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 03:17:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author galadari0110 - My summer read this year was going to be an old KING novel, but when I saw this book in the bookstore and having already watched the movie I just had to learn more. I just could not believe the experience of it all. The book starts with introducing us to...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: U2, Tom Cruise and More Reasons to Hate the Rich

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 01:32:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nolan_j_sephoy - “My nightly bloodlust is spilling over into my days…my mask of sanity is beginning to slip.”

- Patrick Bateman, American Psycho

Amen, Patrick. Amen. I myself am constantly having to control my bloodlust during the day, not so much at...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: The bloody and brutal 80's

Fri, 13 Jul 2001 19:38:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dawson82 - This book has become even more well known and controversial since the movie was made, but make no mistake to understand who (or what) Patrick Bateman really is, you need to read the book. At first glance it seems like a modern day "Psycho" but it's more...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Of course he's insane. He listens to Kenny G.

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 10:19:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - I'm sitting here in my frayed Levi Jeans, an L.L. Bean heather grey long-sleeved shirt, layered with a blue and green plaid L.L. Bean flannel shirt, while eating a bologna and cheese sandwich with French's yellow mustard. This morning I washed with...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: It's all about the psychology

Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:06:13 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Somehow after the reviews I'd read of the book American Psycho, I didn't expect what I got when I finally sat down and read it. At its simplest, it's about a yuppie who goes around killing people in gruesome ways. But really, it's much more...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Great Movie, Better Book

Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:29:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bslutsky - No matter how sane you are, you can feel what Patrick Bateman's world is like. Throughout the book you follow him through his bouts with trying to stay sane. It is also interesting to see how the lifestyle of a rich portfolio manager is in New York...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho....Give me more!

Sat, 23 Dec 2000 08:10:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Lazzulii - American Psycho. I had never heard of this novel before until I heard that they were making a new controversial film based on it. I thought I have to read it. I am glad that I did.

After managing to find it, I sat down and started to read it...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: A new perspective on DIY

Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:25:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Dr_Johnson - This is the "shocking, disgusting" piece of literary trash that made so many right-wing commentators feel like they might, after all, have a purpose on this earth when it was published about a decade ago.

It's the one about the...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Making My Stomach Flip Takes Talent

Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:18:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ABaker44691 - The main complaints about Brett Easton Ellis' "American Psycho" seem to be that it's repetitive, sick, twisted, and unnecessarily violent. These, in addition to the deeper meaning behind these elements, are what I see as the good parts of the...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Waste of Space

Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:26:55 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author HeatherOF - It is widely known that Bret Easton Ellis wrote this book soley to complete his contract, and when the publisher got it, he refused to publish it. I was drawn in because of the controversy, the never ending hype that is a god send to any struggling...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: horrifying but fantastic

Fri, 22 Sep 2000 19:47:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mjb2 - Bret Easton Ellis is a sick, sick man. But he's written what I think history will consider be one of the most thought-provoking and enduringly important American novels of the late 20th century.

Any critical look at American Psycho is...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Not for the Weak of Stomach...

Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:57:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LunaStarla - A friend recommended I read this book when he found out how much I enjoyed reading Poppy Z. Brite books. Well, even the gothic gore and explicit content of Poppy Z. Brite could not prepare me for this book.

I had a very hard time getting into...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Even I had to admit... it was magnificent.

Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:23:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author monkeyhoot - Don't be fooled by the violence. And there is plenty of violence (how could you think up such things, Brett?). American Psycho is a brilliantly funny parody of the me-decade (1980's).

As a woman, I find it hard to defend my liking this book...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: I've changed my mind about this one...

Tue, 12 Sep 2000 01:41:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author btomczak - I picked up "American Psycho" on a whim. I had never heard of it, I just happened to find it at a Barnes and Noble or some such place, read the back, had my brain piqued, and bought it.

Then I read it.

At the time I read...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: American introspection

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 16:47:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tomasso - Clearly, the American Psycho raised a massive wave of dislike among many American readers. Reminder: I come from the Central European country.

My personal view is that the book summarizes in quite creative way all negative aspects of the eighties in...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Bloody Hell

Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:14:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amygdala - Clawing its way back into the bestseller lists after the release of the movie adaptation, this book is probably the best guide to the ethical ecology of Ronald Reagan's America: greed as a creed. Greed for money, greed for status, and greed for power...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: this book absolutely sucks

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:04:25 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author zootsuit23 - I was intrigued by "American Psycho" after hearing so much of it from the anticipated movie release. i bought the book a few weeks ago, hoping it would be an interesting foray into the mind of a modern day pshyco. It was, but Pat Batemans mind...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: American psycho, stay away from me

Mon, 3 Jul 2000 10:04:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jordan_tar - "American Psycho" is a frightening, engrossing story of a time when the extraordinary, the shocking, the horrible, became commonplace, and nobody noticed it.

The book's main character, Patrick Bateman, works on Wall Street and makes...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Not an Exit: Confronting American Psycho

Sat, 1 Jul 2000 20:41:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Bijou - I decided to read American Psycho after hearing the title whispered in social circles. It's so violent. Too graphic. What's the point? Comments only fueled my desire to read the novel Bret Easton Ellis tried to get published in 1992,...

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Murder in the 80s

Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:44:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sonicstef - Ok, so I will admit it. I decided to read this book not because of its critical acclaim but because I'd heard that it revolved around gory and graphic murders. And I will undeniably confirm those rumors - this book is sick!

Basic...