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Bateman is officially the mayor of yapville. Skim read some of the chapters icl.

So foul for the sake of shock value at times. I dread to think what his search history looked like for the research of this book. I had to put it down a few times...

The ending gave '✨️and it was all a dream✨️'

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5.0

Had to put down twice but it was worth it

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5.0

I completely understand why some hate this book. I do not recommend it to everyone. But this dark and twisted novel is so well written that I think about it quite often a year later.

The prose can at times be confusing, which in my opinion shows bateman’s psyche better than anything else. The book is more horrific than the film and for me at least more engaging.

I don’t plan to read anything else by Ellis but this novel does what it set out to do well and critiques toxic-masculinity perfectly.

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4.0

9/10
God kritik af det moderne kapitalistiske samfund. Bogen var meget af det samme: en masse beskrivelser af folks tøj, dyr mad, fancy møbler og kvinders kroppe. Det blev lidt meget at læse 400 sider af det, men måske var det med vilje af forfatteren. Læseoplevelsen kom til at være nøjagtig ligesom Bateman oplever verden. Det samme kan siges om de voldelige scener i bogen. Der er rigtig mange kapitler med ekstrem grafisk vold især mod kvinder og hjemløse. Det var virkelig ubehageligt at læse om til at starte med, men man vænnede sig hurtigt til det, hvilket er lidt uhyggeligt og garanteret også forfatterens intention. Synes stadig at mange af kapitlerne var lidt overflødige ift bogens overordnede budskab. Bogen har heller ikke rigtig noget plot, der sker bare en masse ting, men det er igen nok også med vilje. Trump bliver namedropped sååå mange gange det lidt funny.