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The book is top notch writing and story telling. I don’t want to put it down. It is short but the book is so beautifully written and concise it just keeps me reading on.

Pretty great read. I’ve seen the movie but to read JD’s reflections on the society he came from is very insightful. Book is simple to follow and easy to read.

Kind of a slow novel given the subject matter, but it’s beginning to come together for me. It’s very much a philosophical novel, asking the obvious question what if we’d lost WW2? This book came out in 1962, the war was very fresh in the collective consciousness as it shoulda been, ending only 17 years prior. It’s not meant to be an action sci-fi but a discussion.

A fascinating book. I don’t think I like the main character, he’s selfish and lazy, not assertive, can’t solve problems, and overly emotional. But the book is fantastically written nonetheless.

This is a delightful read I can’t put the book down. Every time I pick it up I’m absorbed in the effortless plot that just never slows down.

This is a fantastically fun read, full of twists and turns and nonstop drama and action. I’ve only seen the 1993 Disney movie and for those like me, there’s a lot more going on in the book. I can’t put it down, I need to know what happens next. Dumas was a master writer and story teller.

A great book that reads very easy and just doesn’t lose you at all.

It’s not bad. Kinda reads like Johnny Got His Gun, where his present situation isn’t the focal point, it’s his actions and thoughts and flashbacks to what brought him there.

An astonishingly good nonfiction book. These are my favorite types of nonfiction, the dramatization based on direct accounts of events. This is a masterful book everyone should read. Can’t wait to finish it.

What an insane book. The point of the book is to show the stark difference between rich and poor lifestyles and the yuppie culture of the 1980s, where people are totally oblivious of crazy issues happening under their noses, focused solely on material accumulation of things. But under this consumerist society lurks insanity, and Bateman embodies that.

Very interesting story, i found it a little slow at first but getting close to the end I’m starting to get it, I think.

This is a pleasure read for me. I read pretty much for pleasure but many books i read to expand my knowledge, my cultural understanding, but this is just about pure entertainment. And what a great book it is right from the beginning! Every bit as gripping as the movies and even more intimate since you get into the characters heads. Such a classic story with characters that stay with you forever.