A novel about a life so vapid and superficial that the few scenes of gratuitous violence it offers feel more like a welcome liberation rather than something upsetting. Despite being classified as a horror novel, the way American Psycho makes you re-consider the capitalistic values is more akin to literary books.
| Positive: | Negative: |
| Fairly engrossing mystery/horror plot | The attention to superficial details (you always get told what label suit everyone is wearing) while deliberate grows quite tiresome |
| Vague ending provides two completely different stories depending on how you interpret it | Extremely slow pace |
| Many delicious depictions of gratuitous violence | |
| Thought-provoking on capitalistic values |
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