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  • Reincarnate
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    • Nov 2010
    • 6332
    #1

    American Psycho

    Anyone else read the book?

    Holy shit.
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    • Spenner
      Forum User
      • Nov 2006
      • 2403
      #2
      Re: American Psycho

      Totally

      American Psycho - Flash Flash Revolution
      http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/vbz/showthread.php?t=114619


      Holy shit is right. Probably the most vivid depictions of gore in any text I've read.

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        • Reincarnate
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          • Nov 2010
          • 6332
          #3
          Re: American Psycho

          Yeah I just read it again last night. Got the urge after watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cPuaqGZGro

          But jesus I forgot how maniacal some of those murders were. The one with Bethany makes my stomach turn.

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            • gnr61
              FFR Simfile Author
              FFR Simfile Author
              • Oct 2005
              • 7251
              #4
              Re: American Psycho

              definitely a case of 'prefer the film version' for me, but i know a lot of people who love the book. pretty divisive stuff i guess lol. to me though, as with rules of attraction, the film just strikes me as more sophisticated and less the weird combination of narrative flatness + torture-porn sensationalism Ellis does.

              probably due for a re-read though, will edit with any update to opinion
              squirrel--it's whats for dinner.

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                • Reincarnate
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 6332
                  #5
                  Re: American Psycho

                  Originally posted by MrPopadopalis25
                  Aww rats.
                  Eh? Is this supposed to be a double-entendre referring to the murder that involved the rat? lol

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                    • Reincarnate
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 6332
                      #6
                      Re: American Psycho

                      Originally posted by MrPopadopalis25
                      Wasn't Bethany's murder the one that involved the rats? But otherwise, yes.
                      Nah Bethany was the one where


                      Lunch with Bethany - American Psycho
                      http://www.e-reading.org.ua/chapter.php/79864/30/Ellis_-_American_Psycho.html
                      Автор: Ellis Bret, Lunch with Bethany - American Psycho, Издание: 1990 г.


                      EDIT: Later on it's revealed that she actually dies when he attempts to cut off her arm with a chainsaw due to the pain. It's also mentioned that her hand is missing and he can't remember what he did with it.


                      But yes the rat one was really disturbing as well
                      Last edited by Reincarnate; 02-27-2012, 04:53 PM.

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                        • andy-o24
                          Married Man
                          • May 2006
                          • 1525
                          #7
                          Re: American Psycho

                          I read that passage, Rubix. I didn't find it 'gut wrenching' per se (maybe I'm dull to literary violence?) but it was exceptionally grotesque. In terms of the full text I haven't gotten my hands on it, but the character that develops in my mind of Patrick just from that short passage is pretty clear. Well written, vulgarity and violence aside.

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                            • Reincarnate
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                              • Nov 2010
                              • 6332
                              #8
                              Re: American Psycho

                              I have a pretty active imagination that tends to fill in all sorts of gaps between the lines... what's there is already very grotesque, as you put it -- but when I envision what that sort of scenario would actually be like... jeeeeesus

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                                • who_cares973
                                  FFR Player
                                  • Aug 2006
                                  • 15407
                                  #9
                                  Re: American Psycho

                                  i'll have to get this

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                                    • 25thhour
                                      I like max
                                      • Feb 2007
                                      • 2922
                                      #10
                                      Re: American Psycho

                                      I saw the movie. So good!
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                                        • Spenner
                                          Forum User
                                          • Nov 2006
                                          • 2403
                                          #11
                                          Re: American Psycho

                                          Originally posted by Reincarnate
                                          can't remember what he did with it.
                                          It's the little things like that in this book that shaped his character's mindframe through the text so well @__@

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                                            • Cavernio
                                              sunshine and rainbows
                                              • Feb 2006
                                              • 1987
                                              #12
                                              Re: American Psycho

                                              blech

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