wow....This book left me a bit conflicted. Be forwarned, this is the most violent and explicit book I have ever heard/read. It is a veritable autoposy dictation exercise at points. I think that part is so graphic, detailed, and so often repeated that it obscures the book, the message on the superficiality of life, or at least life in the late 80s.

It isn't that I can't "take" the violence or the sex, which often run together, its that I didn't want to, and it was so over the top horrific, leaving less than nothing to the imagination. Perhaps the violence would be sufficent in a short story format, but being pummelled over and over with it in the novel format, not to mention the fact that you just CANNOT allow someone in the next car over at a stoplight to hear much of this novel, turned me off. The violence was so horrifying, it was just too much. There were so many parts I cringed at, I had to start skipping the murder scenes, after about the 3/4 mark, just to get through the book.

American Psycho tells the story of Patrick Bateman through his own eyes. He is label obsessed, narcissistic, and keen on satiating his desires no matter the price in human emotion or physical harm. The story follows his progressive insanity from mere mentions of his exploits to detailed encounters, meticulously described by Ellis. American Psycho is certainly not for everyone and will probably repulse more would be readers than attracts; however, I thoroughly enjoyed its entirety. It allows a glimpse into a life that is privileged with wealth, beauty, and intelligence but depraved of all real human emotion that a 'normal' person might possess. "I'm utterly insane" sums up Bateman and his exploits. If you do not wish to delve into this wild, seldom spoken about path in the character's life then American Psycho isn't for you.

This book will put you to sleep, it gets bogged down constantly with boring details that don't seem to have any direct bearing on the story. I found it dry and hard to follow.

This book was very good the narrator was great. he did it perfectly. The only thing I didn't like about the book was the constant description of the labels of the clothing

I have read some sick twisted things before but in my opinion this went WAY too far. I would be afraid of the person that could even think of some of the things in this book much less write them down and publish them. The author will never date MY daughter. There is something wrong with someone who can think like this.