So many people down the years have recommended this book to me, in a 'you really have to read this' way, that I finally bought a cheap copy, and now have ventured in to it. I did read 'Less Than Zero' when it came out, and I suppose it made some sort of point that rich Californian teenagers are bored, blase, decadent and contribute very little to the vast sum of human experience. How urgently that point needed making is another question.
Maybe it's just severely dated? I get what he's doing with the endless listing of brand names, but I'm bored to fuck after 60 pages, and annoyed by almost every sentence. I know there's tons of explicit gore and sex to come, and I can't say I'm looking forward to it.
Take the dialogue with his equally vile and vacuous circle of friends and colleagues. Couldn't it at least be a bit funny, instead of just making them seem like hardcore wankers? Just for the purpose of entertaining the reader a bit?
Please supply me with some reasons why I shouldn't toss this straight into the paper recycling bin.
Maybe it's just severely dated? I get what he's doing with the endless listing of brand names, but I'm bored to fuck after 60 pages, and annoyed by almost every sentence. I know there's tons of explicit gore and sex to come, and I can't say I'm looking forward to it.
Take the dialogue with his equally vile and vacuous circle of friends and colleagues. Couldn't it at least be a bit funny, instead of just making them seem like hardcore wankers? Just for the purpose of entertaining the reader a bit?
Please supply me with some reasons why I shouldn't toss this straight into the paper recycling bin.
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