American Psycho

This book really isn't what I was expecting it to be. Maybe that's partially on me. I was told about it's brutality, about the gore, and I'll admit that it was present. However, it wasn't present until you're well into the book, after Bateman has droned on about the people around him, the clothes they're wearing, the foods they're eating... god, it was fucking boring. I understand, and understood for a while after starting the book, that this is a social commentary and is satirical in nature. You're not supposed to like the characters, you're supposed to acknowledge how shallow they all are and how awful of people they are, but that doesn't make it more interesting to read. I found this book so boring, in fact, that the only way I could keep reading it was to make it a challenge to myself to see if I could finish it. Now I have, and I really don't think it was really worth the time.
If there was one thing I liked about this book, it was that there was a neat section near the end. Bateman kills a saxophonist, and then the cops pursue him, and during this time, the perspective shifts seamlessly. It shifts from first person to third person, switching from using “I” to “he”. I thought that was cool, and I appreciated the writing there for that.