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vibraltu t1_j6kzm5z wrote

Blurring of Reality was an essential aspect of the book. It's implied that the protagonist is completely delusional, but it's intentionally ambiguous enough to make his violent freak-outs a possibility. I think the film version also plays along this line and slips hints either way.

Readers can interpret it any way they like.

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Z0mbifiedFr0g OP t1_j6m0mkl wrote

I agree! The way that Ellis blurs the lines between Patrick’s delusions and reality makes it really hard to tell what’s real and what’s not. I know I often had a hard time telling and would turn to other people who had already read the book to see what they thought. I see a lot of different people interpreting the book a lot of different ways and this is just what I came out with.

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