I will definitely recommend this book to young adult, romance lovers. Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Read Online Download. Great book, Rules of Attraction pdf is enough to raise the goose bumps alone. Add a review Your Rating: Your Comment:. Seeing as there is no real plot, I could have read half of it and not missed much if I didn't read the rest of it. After a while it just became a drag and very repetitive. But it does capture what it intends to capture really well.
Although not absolutely essential, I think it would have helped being somewhere around the age of the characters here - or if you just have a thing for spoiled, self-absorbed and tumultuous brats. Would I have appreciated it more if read in my 20s and not 40s? Although that wasn't a factor when reading Glamorama simply because it was a mesmerizing novel from start to finish and this simply was not.
Makes me wish I'd read his fictional memoir 'Lunar Park' instead. View all 13 comments. At first glance, this book is pointless. It's an endless loop of drugs, sex, and parties. It has no plot, it begins and ends in the middle of a sentence, there are too many characters strewn about, too many labels, too many songs, too many places. You finish the book and for a moment you think 'wait - what?
That's it? The apathy Ellis invokes in his readers, shows in his characters, is still masterfully done. He breezes past topics like suicide and a At first glance, this book is pointless.
He breezes past topics like suicide and abortion which, when you give the way they're treated some thought, make you sick. He slips in little clues that tie in with events that are mentioned in passing and if you're paying attention to seemingly random paragraphs and details, you get a greater sense of what Ellis is trying to get across to the reader. I am constantly left wanting to read more of his work. View all 3 comments.
This was my introduction into the world of Bret Easton Ellis, and I fell hopelessly in love. I couldn't believe that someone could put together a written work, which not only emanates the characters hyper-sexed-over-zealous-self-conscious-unaware-searching-for-love-not-knowing sadness, but uses language to reinforce its themes. It would seem confusing, but at my first read, it was what I was feeling at that moment minus the drugs, those came later.
Rules of Attraction , at its base, is a novel a This was my introduction into the world of Bret Easton Ellis, and I fell hopelessly in love. Rules of Attraction , at its base, is a novel about communication and the inefficiency of words. It is also a meditation on reality, what is it to who?
A theme that pops up in Easton Ellis's later works. As Lillian has reminded me, it does start and end mid-sentence, only in the brillance of Easton Ellis's mind should a slice-of-life story cut in like any other voyeur, "mid-action" just as simple as listening in on a phone conversation or looking through your neighboor's window. Easton Ellis makes the reader a voyeur, and yes, it made me feel dirty as it should, but a good dirty. Nov 18, Neil Walker rated it it was amazing.
A tale of hedonism from Bret Easton Ellis, filled with sex and drugs. Bret Easton Ellis is of my biggest influences as an author and this is probably the Bret Easton Ellis novel that most influenced Drug Gang.
It contains similar themes and social commentary. The Rules of Attraction is unlike anything that I have ever read before. I had never read anything from Bret Easton Ellis before, although American Psycho has been sitting on my shelf for quite some time now.
I came across The Rules of Attraction at a local thrift shop and I r 3. I came across The Rules of Attraction at a local thrift shop and I recognized the authors name which helped in my decision to pick it up.
The story is told by jumping back and forth between short vignettes that showcase each of these characters perspectives. Every now and then, a minor character tells their story from their perspective through their own little mini vignette. Rather than have the exact same scene play out repeatedly, each character is so fucked up on either drugs, alcohol or something in between, that their stories are all completely different.
No two people are going to have the exact same interpretation of a moment. Everyone experiences things differently. Not knowing the definite outcome is something that might drive some readers nuts.
Hell, it usually drives me nuts, but for whatever reason, it worked perfectly within this story. The characters were all unique from one another.
While a lot of their drug and relationship habits were similar, each character had their own individual voice.
I found her a little annoying and not that interesting. I felt a little indifferent when it came to Sean. He started out interesting, but as the story went on he started to feel a little redundant. Paul however, was my absolute favourite. He felt real and relatable. While he seemed the most sane out of the three main characters, I think it may be possible that he was the most insane. In terms of the minor character vignettes, I could have done without a lot of them.
One of the main characteristics about The Rules of Attraction that made it so unique was the fact that each character perspective was told using a different writing style. Sean felt very chaotic, Lauren felt very quick and to the point while Paul felt the most sophisticated. The writing was very quick and extremely fast paced to start, however, it kept that steady rhythm throughout the entire novel which started to get old.
It was so fast-paced the entire time that there was no peak in the story. When I first opened my copy of The Rules of Attraction, I thought I was missing a page as the first opening paragraph starts mid-sentence. Once I reached the end of the novel, the same things happens again except it ended mid-sentence.
Once again, this is something that might piss off a lot of readers, but I found it to be quite memorable and unique. We jumped in and we jumped out, just like that.
I did enjoy The Rules of Attraction for the most part. It was definitely unlike anything I have ever read before. I enjoyed the quick and fast-paced nature of the writing.
If you are looking for something slightly fucked up and over the top, I would say that The Rules of Attraction is definitely for you.
The overall tone of the story reminded me a lot of A Clockwork Orange and Trainspotting. It's one of those stories that feels a little unsettling for some reason. The Rules of Attraction is definitely very risque and slightly over the top, but that's part of what makes it so alluring.
My friend lent me this book and I was super excited because we're trying this new thing where we lend each other a book to read every month I was bored. Insanely bored. It felt like someone was literally yelling gibberish so fast into my ear that I almost couldn't understand them at all. I tried to enjoy this. I did. I read 50 pages the first day and then I just decided to read the rest of it in one sitting because I knew if I put My friend lent me this book and I was super excited because we're trying this new thing where we lend each other a book to read every month I read 50 pages the first day and then I just decided to read the rest of it in one sitting because I knew if I put it down I would never pick it back up.
I felt like I owed it to my friend to at least complete the first book that she was loaning me. Not much else to say. I didn't like it. Not even a little bit.
It didn't captivate me. I feel harsh saying this but I would quite literally watch grass grow. Centred around an unusual love triangle between its three protagonists; the novel is a multi-perspective tale that depicts different forms of desperation and abrasiveness.
Packed with page-turning scandal and sharp narration, the book is a strangely intoxicating read that moves from sensational events to bizarre tragedies. Although it's crammed with plenty of action and scandal, th 'The Rules of Attraction' is a dark satire that follows the lives of hedonistic and unsympathetic college students.
Although it's crammed with plenty of action and scandal, the novel largely portrays the world as a dog-eat-dog environment, and implies that the idea of being loved and cared about is totally daft.
I guess that depends on how cynical you are! That being said, the multiple POVs of the same events is fascinating and entertaining. I'm always mesmerized by the way people interpret the exact same moment in such a wildly different ways, and these kids being unable to communicate adequately, well Several readers and critics have pointed out the realism of what Ellis describes in this book, assuming that everyone to ever set foot on a college campus fell into a bottomless pit of weed, drunk blackouts and awkward sex.
I think my Ellis-reading experiment is over. View all 6 comments. People who did not like this book simply did not understand it. While this book has the ability to stand on it's on, the real genius is how it acts ad a platform that allows ellis's characters from all other works to interact with one another outside the narcissism that confines their own stories.
Those who complain that this book lacks plot or character growth, have failed to ask why that is. This book is an introspective account, told in first person narrative, from various mainly three pe People who did not like this book simply did not understand it. This book is an introspective account, told in first person narrative, from various mainly three perspectives.
The setting is not Camden college, but in the minds of these young characters. Ellis brilliantly depicts how the events that take place over a few months time, are perceived and interpreted by those involved. The book begins and ends in the middle of a sentence, symbolically stating that perhaps the reader should interpret the work as a whole in the same way.
This book is about the here and now, the present moments of these peoples lives. Any beginning or end would provide a context that might and most likely would Jan 24, Kelly and the Book Boar rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in Told in a free association style of rambling diary-like entries, Sean, Lauren and Paul talk about the hits and misses in their respective love lives while attending college in New England. While the first few pages may have you thinking otherwise, this is a much lighter side of Bret Easton Ellis.
Dark comedy is a fine art, and this author does it well. However, when doing a little googly-goo of said movie, I found out this happens: Hmmmmm, maybe I should try and track down a copy.
Just to see if it maintains the integrity of the book, of course. What a deliciously wicked way to help explain the nuttery that was the Sean Bateman character. This is probably the worst time to read Ellis, as he's so damn depressing.
Disaffection is the perfect word for his books, the way you feel when you're reading them. I must say, also, how great is this cover? Not sure why it is, but I think it's great. Let me try to explain. American Psycho is just Less Than Zero on some serious 50th book of American Psycho is just Less Than Zero on some serious, serious drugs - but bad drugs, the ones that give you the worst trips, like nightmares.
This, funnily enough, actually being the novel between the two, is a nice middle-ground. There isn't too much violence, and though it's everything I expected, drugs, sex, depression, suicide There's quite a nostalgic slope coming out of my University library; that's a funny way of describing it. But, I couldn't fathom the number of times I've walked down that slope talking to someone about books, or classes, or food, or money.
In that respect, it's a nostalgic slope. The other day, I was speaking to a woman I've never met before. Middle-aged, quite quiet, so the conversation always required a lot of attention, and gentle. She was nice. She told me that she loved Bret Easton Ellis, which surprised me. I gave a spiel about my thoughts on Ellis hearing how it sounded as I said it, and felt sick at myself and she agreed with me.
You don't want to look but you can't help yourself, was my main point. It's a window into another life, too. And I think Ellis gets flak because what he's writing isn't romantic. He's writing about a lost generation, like Fitzgerald and Hemingway did, but their generation didn't have copious amounts of sex, or do enough cocaine to kill an elephant, or wave machetes around.
It's a difficult relationship with Ellis, it's awe, but also disgust. I guess that's what makes him so interesting. Rules of Attraction is more obviously scathing.
It's ironic. It's even playful. Here are some quotes They aren't nice. I'll say that now. A boy's thoughts on Kafka in a lecture: 'Well, like, the dude was totally depressed because, well, the dude turned into a bug and freaked out. He's not wrong, credit to him. Though maybe 'freaked out' is a little generous of Samsa's reaction. Norris pays and ask the shy, acne-scarred cashier if she knows who wrote 'Notes from the Underground'. The girl, who's so homely you couldn't sleep with her for money, not for anything, smiles and says no, and that he can look in the bestseller paperbacks if he'd like.
We leave the store and Norris sneers a little too meanly, "Townies are so ignorant. God spelled backwards. Get it? One of our protagonists in this is Patrick Bateman's brother, Sean Bateman. Of course, Patrick Bateman is our American Psycho. He even has several pages from his perspective, though the voice doesn't quite match what we get later on, so Ellis maybe hadn't quite found out what he would become.
The other interesting one, is Clay's several pages, who was our protagonist in Less Than Zero - he was the only voice we heard in that novel, compared to the many in this one. So all in all, a good Ellis book. Does that make it a 'good' book? I'm not sure. Yes and no. Do I like Ellis: yes and no.
View 2 comments. At the beginning of the year, I decided that in I would devote some time to working through my sprawling to-read list, whether that meant actually reading the books or throwing them out.
Perhaps rather embarrassingly, though, I loved it. It's nihilistic, sure, but also SO well observed, hyper-quotable, and parts of it had me in At the beginning of the year, I decided that in I would devote some time to working through my sprawling to-read list, whether that meant actually reading the books or throwing them out.
It's nihilistic, sure, but also SO well observed, hyper-quotable, and parts of it had me in stitches especially the scene in which a group of students rush their friend to hospital only for a bizarrely incompetent doctor to declare him dead — while he's sitting up and talking. The characters are almost universally loathsome, but — and I wonder whether this is something I would've missed if I'd read it when I was 20 — there's vulnerability and naivety detectable in their desperate antics.
The novel as a whole is fast, funny and brilliantly awful, but it's also somewhat more human than I was expecting. Also huge cunts, huge narcissists. The movie, which i adore and own on DVD, is way better. The first edition of the novel was published in September , and was written by Bret Easton Ellis. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format.
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