American Psycho is the story of Patrick Bateman, a rich, arrogant, twenty-something
yuppie in 1980’s New York, who also happens to be an insane serial killer. He is the
quintessential citizen of consumer society who consumes the victims of his insanity,
all with the same disengaged obsession he uses in choosing outfits. There is no real plot,
no consistent time line, rather it is told as a series of events from Bateman’s
point of view. Furthermore there is no real character development; Bateman does
not seem to see his “friends” or acquaintances as people, instead he observes
them as objects. He does not describe those he comes across by their physical
characteristics or their personalities, but rather by what they are wearing and
who designed it. At times these descriptions can get downright tedious, but I
believe that this is the way Bateman perceives everything… as blatantly boring.
