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Title: don't waste your time
Review: Bret Eason Ellis' newest novel is a waste of time, paper and money. The ridiculousness of the plot line, the bloated egotism and the poor Stephen King rip-off used to gather incompatible story lines makes for a read that a high school English teacher would characterize as "needing focus".I think this book was an attempt at creating a modern day tragedy. Man fights inner demons. Man fights societies rules. Man fights pressures to be responsible to his family. Man fights, and fights and fights - to what end? Drug and alcohol abuse? A failure to reach any of his goals? Ok - then let that be the story as opposed to having to resort to absorb plot twists utilizing demons to try and pull divisive story lines together.
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