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Books like American Psycho? (self.books)
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What are some good books similar to the feelings and disturbing nature that American Psycho creates?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

yeah, honestly I see no reason to read American Psycho, it's one of the few books I regretted reading

EDIT: not to mention the author comes across as, at best neutral, and at worst an apologist for right-wing politics, and there is also this:

Responding to Dan Savage's It Gets Better campaign, aimed at preventing suicide among LGBT youth, Ellis tweeted, "Not to bum everyone out, but can we get a reality check here? It gets worse."

from Wikipedia ...

What was the point of American Psycho as a satire if you're going to take neutral stances on people like Trump you were supposedly satirizing ... it makes the book ring as hollow and inauthentic, as pretending to be satire ... satire is typically written by moralists to make a point, and if we reveal the author comes across not as a moralist but as even annoyed by critics of the politics and culture he was supposedly satirizing, it calls a lot into question about the book, at least for me.