I simply am not there.
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Ignoring the fact that Christian Bale is a god, it became one of my faveorites instantly because of it’s creepy yet attractive storyline and the surprising fact that…
I actually like the serial killer.
I’m not saying that I’d be best friends with the guy but as a protagonist Pat Bateman is pretty effing cool.
During the summer I picked up the novel at chapters and immediately fell in love with the character once again, as I remembered some of my faveorite moments from the film.
I love the parts of the book when he blatently tells people that he’s a serial killer but no one’s listening or cares. They are funny and yet sad. Which makes me love them.
However, I did encounter one aspect of the novel that I did not expect having only seen the film and knowing nothing of the actual literature.
This book is probably the most gorey book I’ve ever read.
I’m saying this as someone who loves the gore, lives for the stuff. Pretty much every movie that I love is gory. When I was younger I aspired to be an assassin for goodness sakes.
But when I read some of the scenes in the novel they actually made me body hurt. I had a physical reaction to reading some of it.
You know how when a guy watches another guy get kicked in the groin it physically hurts them?
This novel is 10 times worse in that effect if you’re a female.
After my initial shock had subsided I learned to love these scenes, as creepy as that may sound the book truly does need to get that gross.
The overall effect of the main character loosing touch with reality and his “self” wouldn’t be as evident without them.
After reading a few of the murder scenes and a few of the day-to-day life scenes you get a really sweet sence of how messed up this person is; which is awesome.
In conclusion: I would definetly recommend this book to anyone who can take it. This is a warning, if you’re easily grossed out don’t read it.
But if you find it effing awesome (homefully not in a creepy serial killer kind of way) then this is deffinetly the novel for you.
Then go watch the movie.
Because Christian Bale is a god.
Mmm Mmm!
Not if you want to keep your spleen.
