01 //
Imperial Bedrooms by
Bret Easton Ellis //
3/5
I've recently ordered Ellis'
Less Than Zero and its 'sequel'
Imperial Bedrooms, but since the latter arrived first and I needed a holiday book, I started the other way round.
Imperial Bedrooms was a quick and easy read, even though I was a little bit confused at times. The story, which is told by one of the main characters of Less Than Zero, evolves around the same people some 25 years later. It's a depressing and at times even pessimistic account of people who started their lives on the wrong foot and now can't escape the downward spiral they're on.
The book is by no means uplifting or amusing, it shows almost no hope for the protagonist's lives to get better. But it tells the story of a generation that is spoiled by wealth and too much time on their hands, which leads to boredom and the need to fill their numbness with sex and violence.
I can't say I didn't like the book, even though it is a little disturbing from time to time. But I wouldn't count it to my favourites either.
I am curious to see what
Less Than Zero is like, from what I've heard it's even more like a snuff film...
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