Tom’s Reviews > American Psycho > Status Update

Luis is much more involved. Jean and Evelyn much less.
Bateman also has a family - which, is something.

See, I understand that many lines are word for word “stolen” from the book - but the pacing and rearrangement of the context of each individual line is just superior.

The violence progresses slowly, and yet - nothing particularly graphic (violence) has happened yet.

I see why certain scenes were changed for the film - even if the dialogue was kept. It's much more obvious in the book, that Bateman is probably bisexual (even if that would make him an outdated stereotype) and possibly autistic (an even worse stereotype - but what will you do).
As for the clothes and commodities, I only recognize Hugo Boss and Brooks Brothers - the rest, I don't particularly care for.

Bateman feels meek so fair in the beginning compared to the movie. Almost puppy-dog like.
The previous (2 or 3?) times I tried to read this I think I was too young, not because of the contents, but because I was under the impression this was a tough read in terms of style - it is not.