Bret Easton Ellis

I don't know why I haven't been posting...too much going on I guess. School, work, life in general. I also don't have anything to say right now...

Read Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis. So amazing. Also very graphic and kind of depressing, but I love his writing, because it's so distinctive. He describes certain horrible things so flippant and kind of detached, that it makes them seem more real...I don't know if I'm describing his writing accurately, but he definitely has a way of keeping me hooked and continually thinking about certain points in the novel.  

Imperial Bedrooms is a sequel to his 1985 novel Less Than Zero, which is one of my favorite books. It is narrated by Clay, the main character from the first novel, and and takes place twenty five years later. Ellis uses a post modern literary device, in that Less Than Zero was an actual novel written by a friend of Clay's in the eighties, but did not necessarily portray Clay in an entirely truthful light. This allows Clay in the present to be more fully developed and we learn more about his narcissism, sadistic and masochistic tendencies, as well as his exploitative personality that I didn't necessarily get from Less Than Zero. This Clay is extremely unlikeable, but at the same time utterly fascinating. It was a great book, but definitely not for everyone.

I just started reading The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and it's very, very absorbing, so I'll make sure to post about it soon as well.

Ta ta for now...I must go study some francais!