tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post3834861624210543584..comments2023-10-20T05:51:12.709-07:00Comments on 342 is a Lie: Imperial Bedrooms by Brett Easton EllisJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824401113801295302noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post-31508585302448552632011-06-09T09:02:18.942-07:002011-06-09T09:02:18.942-07:00from the desk of Bryce.....
I can't post comm...from the desk of Bryce.....<br /><br />I can't post comments on your stupid blog so:<br /><br />Finished it yesterday...<br /><br />At first I thought the concept of the book narcissistic. Here is BEE yet again referring to himself and his great works right at the start of his new book (barely a book, I have read longer essays. I don't know how he managed to produce something as long as American Psycho).<br /><br />Despite this I got into it straight away and was hooked and impressed by it. But then... It just goes funny and stops. Did he have a plane to catch? Perhaps he needed to return some videotapes... Would it really have killed him to b able to write 30 more pages? I agree with both of you about the graphic/mental scenes at the end. It seems like he had some paragraphs left over from American Psycho and needed to pad it out. <br /><br />Although saying that, I like the idea of Clay becoming his 'new psycho'. The best BEE has produced for some time, but still a missed opportunity.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824401113801295302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post-44784440963706894582011-04-27T15:31:46.460-07:002011-04-27T15:31:46.460-07:00I had the same feeling about the particularly nast...I had the same feeling about the particularly nasty scene towards the end of the book - it did seem shoehorned in... a bit gratuitous. But maybe that's just Clay: he turns something as horrific as that into a throwaway anecdote, no more or less important than going to buy a new pair of shoes. His moral compass is shot.<br /><br />All the makings of the sociopath are there in Less Than Zero, and it comes to fruition in a really horrible character in this one. He can't drift by passively on his good looks anymore, he's got to have a stab at constructing a persona for himself. I was hooked early on by this book. Less Than Zero, which I admired for its dedicated nihilism, was a tougher read I thought, but probably the better book.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883652938068686404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147359235322827925.post-21789815907420653912011-04-27T13:34:26.339-07:002011-04-27T13:34:26.339-07:00I seem to recall ranting about how I will have to ...I seem to recall ranting about how I will have to punch BEE to the ground because of Lunar Park...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09589298770870412400noreply@blogger.com