The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis // book review
This is my book review for the Bret Easton Ellis book, 'The Rules of Attraction,' The review comes from my Goodreads profile, follow for all my reviews!
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Rating: 4/5 Stars
Finished On; January 25th, 2023
I'll say it, Bret Easton Ellis has become one of my favorite authors, his range from 'American Psyco' to this book, was amazing, and not to mention that these two books are in the same universe as we follow Patrick Bateman's brother, Sean.
'The Rules of Attraction' isn't afraid to talk about sex and sexuality, especially given that this book was released in the 80s when topics of sexuality, were taboo and hushed topic. Not only does Ellis talk of sex but talks of drugs, and the emotions that come with love and college.
Having characters like Paul being an openly bisexual man without anyone saying anything cruel to him was a nice and refreshing touch to this book (given the fact this was written in the 80s, and Ellis could have easily done this as it was the culture to be cruel to LGBT people) Paul was able to fuck both guys and girls and everyone around him being chill with it and not making his sexuality his whole character although it is still a part of who he is.
Since my introduction to Sean Bateman in, 'American Psyco' I was curious to get in the head of Sean as Patrick's headspace was {insert a word that would best fit Patrick Bateman's headspace here}. I could see how these two are brothers as Sean has some interesting views and thoughts on what was going on around him, but for the most part, he is just a horny college student who is in a lot of shit. (Also note, Patrick Bateman himself has an entry in the book, and compared to him in his own book, is an interesting read)
Overall, I have fallen in love with Bret Easton Ellis' writing and will be reading Less Than Zero next by him followed by Lunar Park.