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Review title: Nauseating, and completely devoid of literary value
Product review: I am appalled at how many readers gave this book a glowing review. I was slightly interested at first in how the character moves from his empty upscale Manhattan existence to his nocturnal visits to the underworld. But after a few back and forths from Bateman, yuppie stockbroker to Bateman, hero-psycho-killer and I was not only ready to lose my lunch but I was monumentally bored at the flat one-dimensional feel of this story.It takes more than an ability to blithely describe murderous scenes of rape, decapitation, and gore to make a novel compelling. I read Less than Zero years ago with and felt it was flawed but mildly interesting. I realized that Ellis was still young and perhaps would hone his craft. He hasn't!!
