I don't remember the details, more the feeling
of remorseless desperation. But something about watching a snuff movie involving kids and, I think, a bit about killing a tramp(?). But it was more the 'diary of a wealthy group of bored sociopaths' that made me want to bin it.

It depressed me to think that such people might exist. To be sure I was a young idealist who liked nothing better than hitching round Europe, smoking dope and having romantic encounters with young ladies...all of which seemed alien to the characters in this book.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 17:03, 2 replies)

inclined to agree
I still don't really think any of the satirical justification for the misogyny in American Psycho stands up to scrutiny. Maybe a hint that the female characters did have personalities, even if it was just a hint, would have been something (and yes, I know it was told from Batemans point of view, but a good writer could have implied it)
(clinteastwoodbradfield, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 23:31, closed)

Don't ever pick up a newspaper.
You'll be driven over the edge of despair, if you do.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 0:02, closed)

By the brutality of everyday reality?
Far worse than anything BEE ever wrote.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 12 Jan 2012, 8:57, closed)

I didn't say I was shocked by it
Just that for me it didn't work as satire, and the level of sexual violence said more about the author an it did abut the character
(clinteastwoodbradfield, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 9:33, closed)