American Psycho is good but you when you read it you will set it to one side at least once as you read it and promise your self that you will not pick it up again.
It's violently pornographic in some unpleasant ways and you feel guilty reading it, but then I think that is the point.
Exactly my feelings.
I said almost these exact words to M.I.A. of this forum about this very book three weeks ago.
It's taken me a while to get going with American Psycho - partly due to lack of time/energy for reading, and partly because I found the first few chapters highly irritating. All the namechecking of clothes labels is quite hard to digest. I know it's a deliberate stylistic thing, but it makes for heavy reading.
However, once I got into the rhythm of it, I started to really enjoy it. And then I actually started finding it really funny. Laughing-out-loud-on-the-train funny. Yeah, a bit depraved in places, but I was thinking, "What's all this about setting it to one side and not wanting to pick it up again? Are Zoidburg and Captain Zep just big girly wusses or something?"
And then I got to the first proper murder scene, where he does the tramp and his dog...
zOMG!!!!!1
I like to think I'm not easily shocked, but OK, I admit it. I did have to put the book down for a few minutes after reading that bit. But then I picked it up again... and he continues by launching straight into a hilarious chapter about why Genesis are the best English band of the 80s. Like, WTF?
This book is a total headfuck. I love it.
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