![]() It’s like, totally amazing.” Trent announces. ![]() The one about the kids doing drugs in LosĪngeles during the ’90s. “What book?” I enquire, knowing full well he means Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis. “Have you read that book yet?” Trent iterates. Trent is tanned, blue eyes and has blond hair. So much so, they all begin to appear as the same person, and when new characters are being introduced way past the halfway point, keeping track can be difficult. Sometimes work against it when reading them in this modern-day era.Įveryone is toned, tanned, has blue eyes and blond hair, just like the ideal model image of the ’90s. These references ground the book in the times which can This was similarly the case with Easton Ellis’ best-known work, American Psycho. ![]() Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Temple of Doom are littered throughout the Go-Gos, INXS, U2, and Fleetwood Mac, accompanied by films: Friday the 13th, References to popular music including Elvis Costello, the ![]() They appear to bring on most of their problems themselves.Ĭontinually chasing a hedonistic life will only lead so farīefore it completely consumes the person entirely, as is the case here. There is, however, no sympathy siding with the characters as X, MTV-loving upper-class teenagers are a generation that is totally consumedīy materialism, along with self-gratification. If I dig a little deeper, I guess I could conclude that Gen Offer up a twist, or at least make a statement but no. I was continually waiting for the book to kick into gear, ![]()
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