but it's such a ubiquitous thing in ancient cultures to sacrifice to the gods I wonder if it arised independently in so many cultures or if it was a tradition passed down from some proto-human from when we were barely able to conceptualize the abstract such as gods nd afterlife.

According to othrr comments, they are memorized reviews of said songs. Additionally someone mentioned Ellis is a huge fan of pop music according to his podcast, so he may have written these out of a personal passion for music

saved, I'm making it this week

peanut butter soup, yummy

That's a super cool tske and a really good parallel

I remember reading that years ago, I'll reread and see how it is now that I'm older. Why would that one fit in with these three?

Ah thr boring beofre the storm is interesting, because you are correct in that these chapters, now that I reread, I pretty much skim. I used to look for something deeper, but never could find anything

lol this is the only take in this thread i 101% disagree with

That's awesome insight, thank you for providing that

aw man, the film is one of the greatest ever made. His performance as Bateman was next level. Thanks tom cruise 🤣

There is no fuckin way the foods he talks about are real lmao I always thought it was just an amalgamation of fancy sounding ingredients, because most of the things sound horrible

That was my exact thoughts too. The only things there are entire chapters dedicated to are pop music and murder.

I like your take as well. thanks for the response !

My point was why dedicate multiple chapters to music? There are no entire chapters (iirc) dedicated to clothes, stereo equipment or evem restaurant reservations. When he talks about music, everything else seems to evaporate away, unlike the rest of his consumer bullshit. But apparently he was memorizing other music reviews and regurgitating them which makes way more sense in the fitting in terms.

If you have seen the movie, yes.

If you have not seen the movie, YES.

It's in my top 3 stand alone novels of all time. I have reread it maybe 5-10 times over the past 15 years.

Any time I want to get back into reading I pickup one of three books: American Psycho, I Am Legend, or Fight Club. 3 of the greatest stand alone novels in my dumb opinion. The stories, prose, and subtlety is fucking genius. I love them with a burning passion.

According to others, his music chapters were literally him memorizing critic reviews to regurgitate them...

That's ehat someone else said! Him having memorized a real music critic's opinion is actually pretty mindblowing and makes complete sense.

That makes a lot of sense him trying to be deeper, but i wonder why he honed in on music to make him seem deeper? I would have assumed his obsession with consumer products would have been most important to be knowledgeable on, other than ending the apartheid ofc.

Damn really, it's just memorization of another's words???

But his obsession with it is above everything else in his life, excluding murder. It may be superficial to us, but other than his murders, it's the only other "mainstream" consumer product that has entire chapters dedicated to him talking about it.

Not saying you're wrong, but always got a sense of something else being there for him when it came to this shit mainstream music

Very much a possibility. thanks for the response :)

Yeah, i see what you're saying but when it comes to consumerism he normally mentions a dozen brand names on a page, but the music gets entire chapters about what he thinks of them.

He has verrrry long takes on music and his casual mentions of multiple brand names for suits and stereos shows a stark contrast on the amount of time he spends analyzing the music

You are correct, but imo the book highlights the music way more than the rest of it. Like it isn't uncommon for a dozen brand names to be mentioned on every page, but when it comes to music the author has multiple chapters that are literally only about the music and what Bateman thinks about it. It's similar but imo not the same vein as he sees the rest of consumer America.

Could be, but in my opinion (which i haven't read it in a while) was always that music was the one thing that made him have a genuine feeling beyond trying to be #1 and better than everyone else.

> Because if his actions had a soundtrack, it would not be Mozart.

Funny you say that, cause when I hear Mozart I think of Hannibal murdering and eating people 🤣 but I know he is a totally different type of killer than Bateman