thepunktheory
Written on Feb 20, 2014
However, another point is the extreme violence pictured throughout the novel. These descriptions are just as detailed as the others. Before you read the book you should be aware that very disgusting and violent things will be described. My problem here is that all of these very sick chapters seems to have no point. When you read a crime story there is sense in giving details about the crime itself and there is a moving forward in the story (it gets solved). But here it appears completely useless as there is no real plotline, no real middle, beginning or end. It's just violence for violence's sake.
A few months back I read another book by Bret Easton Ellis and wasn't to fond of it either. I guess I'll just never be friends with his writing style.