Lavinia reviewed White by Bret Easton Ellis
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2 stars
White is the first book book of Bret Easton Ellis in 10 years and his first non-fiction book. I may not agree with everything Ellis says, but I expected a challenging and thought provoking book. I loved his Less that Zero and I consider American Psycho one of the best satirical thriller representations about materialism and the emptiness that comes with chasing it. I thought White would be a book worth reading and as soon as it became available to my local library, I reserved it.
It was a huge disappointment. I didn’t actually finished the book, something that happens very rarely. White starts somewhat intriguingly. Ellis describes his childhood, the horror movies, the books and the things that have influenced him. But then he is getting really angry about things, especially about Twitter, over-critical to millennials and for some reason that I didn’t understand, as, according to his own …
White is the first book book of Bret Easton Ellis in 10 years and his first non-fiction book. I may not agree with everything Ellis says, but I expected a challenging and thought provoking book. I loved his Less that Zero and I consider American Psycho one of the best satirical thriller representations about materialism and the emptiness that comes with chasing it. I thought White would be a book worth reading and as soon as it became available to my local library, I reserved it.
It was a huge disappointment. I didn’t actually finished the book, something that happens very rarely. White starts somewhat intriguingly. Ellis describes his childhood, the horror movies, the books and the things that have influenced him. But then he is getting really angry about things, especially about Twitter, over-critical to millennials and for some reason that I didn’t understand, as, according to his own words, he didn’t vote in the last election, to the people who try to build a resistance to the narcissistic authoritarian occupant of the White House.
In a nutshell this collection of essays is about what Bret Easton Ellis likes and what he does not like. It felt like a angry rant, something that a lot of people are doing these days in places like Twitter and Facebook.
After reading about 150 pages, I dropped the book. Life it too short to waste it in uninteresting and angry rants.
