Posted by OU1313 at acc98b3c.ipt.aol.com on June 09, 2003 at 22:15:57:
In Reply to: has anyone read AMERICAN PSYCHO?minor spoilers posted by shitty speller...DEAL WITH IT! on June 09, 2003 at 21:59:09:
I've read it a coule of times. The first was before the flick, the second time afterwards. I remember enjoying it the first time, but had the same gripes as you. After viewing the movie and reading it again I realized there was a partial necessity for the elaboration. Visualizing isn't always something a reader can do with great ease and the point needed to be made. I think a lot of it was to show us how deranged and far off path a mind can become when exposed to oddities and darkness of an infatuating nature. The book just had more room to elaborate.
Nancy
: if so, what are your thoughts? I loved it, except for the letdown at the end. Also didn't care for the 15 page sex/muder scenes. I know, it was satirical, but after reading stuff like "I shoved the live rat up her cunt" and " I sliced her retina with the tip of my knife" over and over and over it starts to get old after a while.