American Psycho

The book is marvellous, props to Bret Easton Ellis. Can’t wait to get into more of his work.

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it was alright

American Psycho was always a book I've been interested in but never took the time to read or listen to. While I did really like the ambiguity, I wasn't a fan of the ending.

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I laughed way to much listening to this book

Lots of messed up parts in the book few animals abuse parts so be ready for those, wasn't the biggest fan of the story. Their are a few chapters where Patrick is just talking about albums for 10-18 minutes that just didn't do it for me.

With all that being said when Patrick isn't killing animals or call girls the book is extremely funny I was laughing out loud many times though the book which I wasn't expecting and the performance was top notch I also felt was a little long but was a good read overall.

Now I have to go, I have to return some videotapes.

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A gruesome classic

A must read, but with an open mind, ready for what is inside. Good luck.

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Did not like the book at first. Now I can’t stop thinking about it.

This book was a roller coaster. When I first started reading (ahem, listening) to the book, I disliked it greatly. I felt it was so negative, with such unlikable characters that I thought to just turn off the book completely. Yet, I decided I would listen more. And for some reason I kept listening. It seemed that the more the book went on, the better it got. Patrick Bateman grew on me more and more, to the point where In the end... I sympathized with the charismatic near charming American Psycho. Delving way into the brain of Patrick Bateman was super interesting. Learning how the main character saw the world. How he felt, and why was great. Personally some of the best parts were the chapters where they just casually mention some of the craziest stuff ever. To the point where Patrick’s insanity becomes near comedic. It has a clear message which I wouldn’t want to spoil/ don’t know how to explain. Some of the writing flaws can be seen as a contributor to the message however, even if some are blatantly obvious. Such as pace,
over-description of certain aspects, sometimes providing vague detail to the setting. Yet you can see why they were made this way to enter the perspective of the main character. There isn’t exactly a linear plot to the story. It’s more so about Patrick Bateman screwing around in his day to day life, with more of a recurring plot line that shows up every once in a while that I didn’t feel too much importance to. I thought this would turn me off, but didn’t let it be a deal breaker. So the more I listened, the more I got used to the various locations and entertaining conversations/ observations. I thought it was just useless banter at first, and it even might have been, but the voice actor was AMAZING. It might sound the least important since I am putting it last, but if it weren’t for the phenomenal voice actor of the story, I don’t think I would have wanted to finish the book. He was so great, I think he has ruined all other voice actors for other audiobooks. He does the voices so well, even though they are all done by him, they all feel like different and unique characters that totally fit their personality style. I could clearly imagine a person completely based off of their voice, and recognized their different forms of speech and pronunciation as they spoke. Of course I still imagined Patrick Bateman looking like Christian bale from the movie version (which I specifically didn’t watch beforehand just to enjoy the book more). Bravo Pablo schreiber (voice actor), couldn’t have finished this book without you. Truly made it 110% better than it could have been. Can’t even listen to another audiobook without thinking about this one. In total, good entertainment, great voice actor, great message, thought provoking, with a so-so story that isn’t really the focus of the book anyways. In total a 4/5

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Still a good fit in 2019

Impressive... Very nice. Now let's see Paul Owen's autobiographical account.

I got this book after loving the film starring Christian Bale, and it did not disappoint. Not for the faint of heart.

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Amazing book.

Amazing book. Anyone who complains about the minute detail of characters clothing and repetitive pointless conversations is entirely missing the point of American Psycho. There is one part towards the end that is maddening, listening to Bateman on the phone with his buddies trying to figure out dinner reservations over and over. I actually started to lose my mind at this part and wanted to hurl my phone at the wall. There are some very graphic torture scenes so heads up on that. It's very interesting to watch Bateman lose his grip on reality and I found this very relatable in some ways. After listening to this audio book I think I may actually be a psychopath lol. Highly recommend this book for anyone that enjoyed the movie. Couldn't stop picturing Christian Bale the whole time.

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Insane story

The narrator was perfect, couldn't have been better.
The story is so insane and dark. Really dark comedy some parts.

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Wild

the narrator was awesome. I was skeptical about him for the first few paragraphs but then it clicked. the pace he was able to maintain during the climax was quite exhilarating and very impressive.

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Boring

I found it long and boring, too many in depth descriptions of clothing etc. I know it was necessary; I just wish it was done a little less.

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