WHITE* (201 POCHE)
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- Author：Bret Easton Ellis
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Grace
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Do you remember the good old days？ #nofilter is a thing of the past。
Daniel
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När Bret Easton Ellis berättar historier om sitt eget liv och hur hans olika karaktärer vuxit fram och vad de representerar är boken väldigt bra。 Tyvärr ger han sig in på de nuvarande politiska läget i USA vilket jag dels finner ointressant och dels uppfattar som hafsiga och klassiska högerspöke värderingar。
Josh Sherman
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Enjoyed this， particularly for — and mostly because of — the elements of memoir。
Jorrit Kronjee
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Other than seeing American Psycho many years ago， I wasn't familiar with Bret Easton Ellis's work。 I found White underwhelming and probably more suited for people who were already following him。 White is a collection of loosely connected essays about a variety of topics: movies， the social-media age， and politics。 There's a lot of name dropping of actors and directors， as that's the milieu that Ellis seems to be part of， but that does not make it an easy read。 His criticisms on generations and p Other than seeing American Psycho many years ago， I wasn't familiar with Bret Easton Ellis's work。 I found White underwhelming and probably more suited for people who were already following him。 White is a collection of loosely connected essays about a variety of topics: movies， the social-media age， and politics。 There's a lot of name dropping of actors and directors， as that's the milieu that Ellis seems to be part of， but that does not make it an easy read。 His criticisms on generations and politics only start half way through the book。 On the social-media age， there's a lot of criticism directed at millennials。 Ellis feels that this generation is a bunch of self-entitled whiners who are easily triggered。 He defines himself as Gen X and regularly refers to his partner， who remains nameless throughout the book， as his "millennial boyfriend"， which he maybe does to justify his criticism， but it just comes off as cold。 He points to tweets where he expresses his opinion and then is surprised by the reactions。 Apparently Ellis wasn't aware that everybody has an opinion and is not something that is reserved to people like himself。 Even though he talks a lot about generational differences， no research has gone into the socio-economic and technological factors that have created the split between these generations。 Creating a well-researched foundation for his arguments would have given them some legitimacy， but instead they come off as toothless and tame。 It's the same story when he talks about politics。 Before the 2016 election he decided that he no longer feels connected to the Democratic party and skips voting。 He draws the right conclusion that gives him no right to complain， yet he brings up politics with friends and acquaintances。 A lot。 He plays sheepishly surprised when people break down or get furious when he brings up Trump or Kanye West。 Clearly， something has changed。 Could it be that American politics have become polarized？ Wow， thanks for bringing this to our attention。 Again， no further research has gone into why things have become so polarized and you can get the same kind of content by going to a bar on a weekday and ask the locals for their views。 I was hoping this would a bit more thought-provoking， but in the end， it looks like Ellis is just a guy with an opinion。 。。。more
Karin Fredman
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Wow， too rambling and full of the authors thoughts that I found very stereotypical and didn't find entertaining。 Yet there are a few great movie tips so I give it one star。 Hopefully he will go back to writing novels again。 Wow， too rambling and full of the authors thoughts that I found very stereotypical and didn't find entertaining。 Yet there are a few great movie tips so I give it one star。 Hopefully he will go back to writing novels again。 。。。more
Jake Esp
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The writing is smooth and enjoyable to read。 Ellis comes off as a cranky old man， but when I started connecting his arguments and observations about rampant identity politics， self-victimization and childishness overtaking liberal Americans to what I’ve been seeing and complaining about myself， I realized he was a cranky old man who knows what he’s talking about。 This book is wonderfully un-academic。 What I liked most were his thought out opinions on films， the idea of everything being arbitrari The writing is smooth and enjoyable to read。 Ellis comes off as a cranky old man， but when I started connecting his arguments and observations about rampant identity politics， self-victimization and childishness overtaking liberal Americans to what I’ve been seeing and complaining about myself， I realized he was a cranky old man who knows what he’s talking about。 This book is wonderfully un-academic。 What I liked most were his thought out opinions on films， the idea of everything being arbitrarily rated on social media， his thoughts on David Foster Wallace and how he’s remembers inaccurately by fans and Ellis’ thoughts on his own novels and who he was when he wrote them。 。。。more
Frederick
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I consider this a memoir， although several reviews have termed it a collection of essays。 While essays are worked into it （transcribed from Ellis's podcast）， this is a narrative leading from Ellis's childhood， through his rise as a novelist， through his moment as literary pariah to today， when he is an iconic Hollywood insider。 （WHITE was published in April， 2019。 I'm writing this Goodreads review on July 18th， 2021。）I think one ought to compare this to a book by Thomas Mann， published just befo I consider this a memoir， although several reviews have termed it a collection of essays。 While essays are worked into it （transcribed from Ellis's podcast）， this is a narrative leading from Ellis's childhood， through his rise as a novelist， through his moment as literary pariah to today， when he is an iconic Hollywood insider。 （WHITE was published in April， 2019。 I'm writing this Goodreads review on July 18th， 2021。）I think one ought to compare this to a book by Thomas Mann， published just before the end of the First World War。 The title （translated into English） is REFLECTIONS OF A NONPOLITICAL MAN。 Let me be the first to say I have not read REFLECTIONS OF A NONPOLITICAL MAN。 Let me be the first to guess Bret Easton Ellis hasn't either。 Let me also guess that Ellis has a pretty good idea of Mann's skill as a novelist。 I think Mann is a very congenial novelist。 He's funny， he's deep， he is urbane。 His political nonfiction， REFLECTIONS OF A NONPOLITICAL MAN， has， over the last hundred years， almost invariably been described as naïve。 The German nationalism he fell into as he wrote REFLECTIONS fell out from under him just over a decade later， as the Nazis took over。 By the late 1930s， Mann was in Pacific Palisades， writing DOCTOR FAUSTUS， in which the narrator， a German living under the Third Reich， declares that everything German is now "intolerable to the world。" Ellis says， several times in his memoir， that AMERICAN PSYCHO gives us a foretaste of Trump。 That Ellis spends much of the rest of his memoir saying that people should not panic about Trump shows me that Ellis， highly skilled， perceptive novelist， is as blind as Thomas Mann was when he wrote REFLECTIONS OF A NONPOLITICAL MAN。 A huge merit of WHITE is its openness。 Ellis could be sitting across a kitchen table with you， telling you things about himself you would not want to tell anyone about yourself。 He seems to be smiling at you as you read。 I get a full sense of a man here。 Very few American authors convey this personal quality。 There are things I wish he'd change his mind about。 For example， I think he should look more carefully at the suicide of Tyler Clementi， the eighteen year old Rutgers student who jumped off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate promised the world， through the internet， that he'd air footage of a sexual encounter Clementi had and which the roommate had caught， surreptitiously， on his webcam。 Ellis calls this a prank。 He calls people who wanted the roommate prosecuted "wusses。" There is a point at which the calm and collected are simply indifferent。This book was written three years before the Capitol riot （aka January 6th。） Mann had about fifteen years to reflect before he realized REFLECTIONS OF A NONPOLITICAL MAN was part of what led to Hitler。 Nowadays the world is lit by lightning， as Tennessee Williams said。 And， God knows， Twitter is faster than all of us。 。。。more
Romain Baudry
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Bon， j'ai enfin lu un "livre" cette année。 Je mets des guillemets car à de nombreux égards， sans le nom de l'auteur pour le faire vendre， il n'aurait jamais existé。 Les 3 premiers livres de Bret Easton Ellis （BBE） que j'ai lu il y a plus de 20 ans sont parmi mes plus forts souvenirs de lecture et j'ai un sentiment mitigé à propos de celui-ci qui n'est pas un roman et qui oscille entre réflexions intéressantes sur l'enfance dans les années 70/80 et jérémiades vaines sur Tweeter de la part d'un pr Bon， j'ai enfin lu un "livre" cette année。 Je mets des guillemets car à de nombreux égards， sans le nom de l'auteur pour le faire vendre， il n'aurait jamais existé。 Les 3 premiers livres de Bret Easton Ellis （BBE） que j'ai lu il y a plus de 20 ans sont parmi mes plus forts souvenirs de lecture et j'ai un sentiment mitigé à propos de celui-ci qui n'est pas un roman et qui oscille entre réflexions intéressantes sur l'enfance dans les années 70/80 et jérémiades vaines sur Tweeter de la part d'un pro de la com' qui s'est fait piéger et qui écrit pour sortir vers le haut de la vexation et l'aliénation que lui a fait vivre le pire des réseaux sociaux。 Entre les 2， le livre oscille entre le pire et le meilleur。 En vrac， le meilleur : des réflexions sur des faits de pop-culture qui m'ont rappelé les encarts de American Psycho。 Le fait pour un gay comme l'auteur de ne pas se définir par son orientation sexuelle， de l'expliquer， de l'illustrer et d'expliquer pourquoi ne se définir que par un seul prisme est la porte d'entrée d'une logique victimaire et clivante。 Le pire， son attraction répulsion， teintée de lâcheté et de mauvaise foi contre Trump。 D'ailleurs， il eut été intéressant que le livre se termine après l'élection de Biden， tant les arguments sont réversibles en ce qui concerne le déni de légitimité des uns et des autres envers les 2 présidents。 Bref， pas vraiment indispensable， pas complétement dispensable non plus。 Si vous aimez BBE， à lire， sinon pour le découvrir， lisez plutôt ses romans。 。。。more
Susan Klinke
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I somewhat enjoyed Bret Easton Ellis talking about movies， his writing， social media， and pop culture， but got so tired of him bashing liberals who were distraught about the Trump presidency。
Craig McQuinn
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Bret Easton Ellis can be an irritating person sometimes， but he's almost always a great writer （and very quick and easy to read）。 If he's not going to write another proper novel again then he should definitely write more non-fiction。 Bret Easton Ellis can be an irritating person sometimes， but he's almost always a great writer （and very quick and easy to read）。 If he's not going to write another proper novel again then he should definitely write more non-fiction。 。。。more
Ellen Lee
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Ugh， really wanted to like this because I think BEE has an amazing， articulate mind， but all I could think about while reading this was Andrea Long Chu's takedown in Bookforum from when the book came out。 The book gets tedious because he keeps saying the same things over & over。 As someone who doesn't use Twitter， reading BEE's anecdotes about the backlash he received to various tweets starts off kinda amusing but quickly becomes highly unrelatable with 0 artistic merit。 As he says himself， it's Ugh， really wanted to like this because I think BEE has an amazing， articulate mind， but all I could think about while reading this was Andrea Long Chu's takedown in Bookforum from when the book came out。 The book gets tedious because he keeps saying the same things over & over。 As someone who doesn't use Twitter， reading BEE's anecdotes about the backlash he received to various tweets starts off kinda amusing but quickly becomes highly unrelatable with 0 artistic merit。 As he says himself， it's just tweets。 From the jump I already agreed 100% with everything he's saying， which made the incessant hammering kinda dull。 The sections where he recounts his life growing up， his mid-life crisis， and the sections where he reviews movies are beautiful pieces of writing that retain that same atmospheric loneliness his novels have。 I heard that he's been releasing parts of his memoir on his podcast， I hope that memoir eventually makes it out in print form at some point。 P/S。 It really hurts me to give a BEE book 2 stars - I would rather give it 3 - but I'm following Goodreads's system here where 2 = "It was ok" 。。。more
Isaac L
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Sometimes sharp， often interesting， but rarely cohesive。 Ellis takes a rambling， podcast-esque approach to proceedings， and if there is a thesis in White， it is unclear what that might be。
Cheong Hyo
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Ignore all the negative reviews。 They all come from butthurt overly sensitive snowflakes。 Ironically that is exactly what this book is about。 It's about Generation Wuss and the woke SJWs （Social Justice Whiners） that give all millennials a bad rep。 Most of these snowflakes live in an echo chamber and aren't used to having people disagree with their views。 When they come across someone who disagrees with them， their first instinct is to get emotional and cry like a baby。 Then afterwards， they res Ignore all the negative reviews。 They all come from butthurt overly sensitive snowflakes。 Ironically that is exactly what this book is about。 It's about Generation Wuss and the woke SJWs （Social Justice Whiners） that give all millennials a bad rep。 Most of these snowflakes live in an echo chamber and aren't used to having people disagree with their views。 When they come across someone who disagrees with them， their first instinct is to get emotional and cry like a baby。 Then afterwards， they resort to harassment， sending death threats， rioting， looting， cancelling， and deplatforming。 Bret Easton Ellis wrote this book as a wake up call to all the loser millennials that refuse to work and expect $50K a year in basic income so they can smoke weed and browse tumblr all day。 My tax dollars should not be used to finance some millennial loser's social media addiction / marijuana addiction。 I will be the first millennial to admit that I am ashamed of my generation。 It's no wonder the rest of the world is laughing at us。 We can all learn a thing or two from Bret by reading this book。 BTW， if you found this review offensive， good， enjoy being triggered。 。。。more
Kathleen Spratt
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I certainly expected to like this book。 I loved RULES OF ATTRACTION。 But Ellis is so incredibly pompous and arrogant， I could not stand it。 STILL finished it， but need not have。
John
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If you start with the last essay and work your way back， this is a much better book - the early essays are somewhat self-indulgent and not terribly interesting， but Ellis's later thoughts on the madness of cancel culture， Trump derangement syndrome， and the muzzling of free expression are spot on。 If you start with the last essay and work your way back， this is a much better book - the early essays are somewhat self-indulgent and not terribly interesting， but Ellis's later thoughts on the madness of cancel culture， Trump derangement syndrome， and the muzzling of free expression are spot on。 。。。more
Sritossa
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Abbandonato a -100 pagine dalla fine。Interessante ma ripete sempre lo stesso concetto mille volte。。。。abbiamo capito， non siamo scemi。 Inoltre i cinefili lo troveranno molto più intrigante di quanto l'ho trovato io。Cmq il personaggio non mi è particolarmente simpatico Abbandonato a -100 pagine dalla fine。Interessante ma ripete sempre lo stesso concetto mille volte。。。。abbiamo capito， non siamo scemi。 Inoltre i cinefili lo troveranno molto più intrigante di quanto l'ho trovato io。Cmq il personaggio non mi è particolarmente simpatico 。。。more
Elizabeth C
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Book is too long for authors riff on culture。 Sharp writing though
Mrchristoff
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I love Easton Ellis。 But this one is a disappointment。 Not a work of fiction。 Just a rant。
Cédric
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For me， a new offering by Bret Easton Ellis is always an event， the author’s literary output being as it is: 6 novels and a collection since 1985， sometimes mired in controversy but always grimly funny。 I’ve always had a penchant for Ellis’ calm， detached， elegant and unsentimental prose。 However， along the years， a string of shit-stirring tweets brought in sharp if not a little cringe-inducing focus that shock had maybe sort of become his schtick， and inevitably， came the inference that a certa For me， a new offering by Bret Easton Ellis is always an event， the author’s literary output being as it is: 6 novels and a collection since 1985， sometimes mired in controversy but always grimly funny。 I’ve always had a penchant for Ellis’ calm， detached， elegant and unsentimental prose。 However， along the years， a string of shit-stirring tweets brought in sharp if not a little cringe-inducing focus that shock had maybe sort of become his schtick， and inevitably， came the inference that a certain desperation to stay relevant in the current cultural landscape was perhaps at play。 White is essentially a collection of essays， in most part opening monologues from his ‘B。E。E。 Podcast’ and is advertised here as “his first work of nonfiction”， an interesting notion considering Ellis’ work propensity for meta-stance， the most glaring example， Lunar Park， being the least autobiographical of them all， according to Ellis himself。 To those familiar with his work， make of that what you will。 If anything， White gives Ellis an opportunity to bring finer points to his incendiary opinion pieces that has so often irked his many detractors。 Through movies， books or T。V。 reviews， cultural observations， his writing history and processes with their inherent bouts of biography， Ellis discusses his compassion for actors， the effects of fame and the manifestation of the self in a media moderated world， identity politics， the cult of victimhood， the systematic bullying of alternative opinions and the ever continuing erosion of the freedom of speech and thought。 He also reminisces about the pre-9/11 America and a generation that grew old in the course of that era– namely the so-called Generation X – and compare them， at times ruthlessly and sometimes perhaps in far too generic terms， with post 9/11 America and its own generation， the Millennials， which Ellis famously dubbed ‘Generation Wuss’。 This， of course is the crux of his critics objections to White。 It would be only fair to point out that some of his musings on the matter if not entirely inaccurate have on occasion the uncomfortable mien of blanket statements。 I wish Ellis had been a little more specific towards the object of his criticism， the Millennials in his line of fire – a loud， über-opinionated， ultra-sensitive and privileged minority – bear little to no resemblance with most of the Millennials I know。 Be that as it may， Ellis delivers his observations in his trademark cool and carefully composed prose and I did find the sheer elegance of it difficult to resist。 Dismissing him as an angry old man – a point that he doesn’t refute – or a Trump-apologist for both his blunt refusal to engage in angry Liberal rhetoric and， in fact， his overt boredom of it， seems to me an indication of either intellectual complacency or superiority complex - or both。 Ellis’ major point of contention is the loss of judgement and perspective and the blatant lack of honesty on the part of the Liberal-media complex。 His critical viewpoint doesn’t suggest a Republican leaning but rather a frightening realisation and even， perhaps， disappointment。 After all， the most egregious wounds are never those inflicted by one's enemies but those received at the hands of one’s kind。 Although focussed on American pop-culture and battle of ideologies - and therefore written from an American perspective - the book is at its most disquieting when its shadow is cast right across the pond， to my own doorstep。 As such， White may have raised my eyebrows a few times but it often gave me pause and the fact that this happened at all to me is testament to Ellis’ talent for discourse。 The book might often be confrontational - albeit calmly so - but always very engaging。 Whether one loves or loathes him and his provocative methods， his persistence in challenging the consensus and the compulsively ‘well-thinking’ narrative， should be something to at least respect， and not systematically attack。 With that said， White is a fine addition to any Ellis’ completists but definitely a minor piece in his work。Now， if Mr Ellis could go back to writing fiction， I would be most grateful。 。。。more
Saki-chan
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No puedo decir nada malo de Ellis porque lo adoro。 De igual forma estoy de acuerdo con muchas de sus opiniones y bueno será por eso， como él mismo dice: a todos nos gusta estar en una burbuja donde se reflejen puntos de vista parecidos a los nuestros。
Peter Schutz
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popcorn read。 as far as cultural commentary goes， this is as good as it gets。 （why do gay people care about culture so much， anyway？） by the time you get to the end and see the trends hes charting， you cant help but be impressed。 you might even think hes a genius。
Ameerah
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A series of glorified， padded-out blog posts than a series of regular， normal-size blog posts - deeply needless book - a rambling mess of cultural commentary and self-aggrandizement。 Even the title White is a provocation， designed to simultaneously anticipate， incur， and mock accusations of white privilege - The thesis of White is that American culture has entered a period of steep， perhaps irreversible decline， and social media and millennials are to blame。 This is ridiculous， not because socia A series of glorified， padded-out blog posts than a series of regular， normal-size blog posts - deeply needless book - a rambling mess of cultural commentary and self-aggrandizement。 Even the title White is a provocation， designed to simultaneously anticipate， incur， and mock accusations of white privilege - The thesis of White is that American culture has entered a period of steep， perhaps irreversible decline， and social media and millennials are to blame。 This is ridiculous， not because social media hasn’t changed things tremendously， but because such claims are invariably rooted in childish nostalgia。 It is perfectly acceptable to bitch and moan about how the mean people didn’t like your good tweets， but there is a time and a place for such behaviour， and it is not the offices of Alfred A。 Knopf， publisher - Ellis refers to millennials as Generation Wuss， which sounds like something your dad made up。 Lots of White is given to this kind of feeble bullying。 The prose in White is shapeless， roving， and aggressively unedited。 One waits in vain for an arresting image - one cannot read White as anything but a book about being rich and bored - [Ellis is] an angry， uninteresting man who has just written a very needy book。 。。。more
Nadia
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A metà tra memoire e critica sociale。 La parte biografica è valida per chi， come me， non ha mai letto Ellis e nello specifico American Psyco。 Divertente e rinfrancante la riflessione sulla società dominata dall'uso dei social e sulla partigianeria politica degli americani。 A metà tra memoire e critica sociale。 La parte biografica è valida per chi， come me， non ha mai letto Ellis e nello specifico American Psyco。 Divertente e rinfrancante la riflessione sulla società dominata dall'uso dei social e sulla partigianeria politica degli americani。 。。。more
Nick
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Yes。 Spot on commentary on cultural decline from someone who has inside perspective & has been both made famous & constantly attacked by media nearly his whole life。 Kind of inspiring that a person can still even exist in this society given his views， but in the end the I'm afraid current state of America kills art: he basically opens the book saying he was too furious to be able to write a novel， realized he was furious because of social media， so he wrote this book of essays instead。 Ya just c Yes。 Spot on commentary on cultural decline from someone who has inside perspective & has been both made famous & constantly attacked by media nearly his whole life。 Kind of inspiring that a person can still even exist in this society given his views， but in the end the I'm afraid current state of America kills art: he basically opens the book saying he was too furious to be able to write a novel， realized he was furious because of social media， so he wrote this book of essays instead。 Ya just can't win。 。。。more
Benjamin Walker
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Oh Bret。。。While I expected to disagree with a majority of your points and roll my eyes at your generational generalisations， what made this a two star rather than three star read for me （I did find the reflections on your own work worthwhile） were the sheer amount of anecdotes of conversations you had at dinner or drinks with your wealthy friends。 I simply could not give a fuck。It’s okay to read things you don’t necessarily agree with， in fact it’s probably healthy to do so。 Ellis makes that poi Oh Bret。。。While I expected to disagree with a majority of your points and roll my eyes at your generational generalisations， what made this a two star rather than three star read for me （I did find the reflections on your own work worthwhile） were the sheer amount of anecdotes of conversations you had at dinner or drinks with your wealthy friends。 I simply could not give a fuck。It’s okay to read things you don’t necessarily agree with， in fact it’s probably healthy to do so。 Ellis makes that point in this book and it is probably true。 His criticisms of Moonlight seem valid， even though I still like that film。 But Christ， parts of this book were tone deaf， bitter and just tiresome。Note: I realise it’s a bit pretentious to address this little review directly to Mr Ellis who I very much doubt scours Goodreads but once I started I found I could not stop。 。。。more
Jessica
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Does it count if it's an audiobook read by the author？ I hope so。 Did this fact make me think about the words differently because they were read by the person who wrote them？ Most definitely。 I turned this on for a long road trip and listened straight through。 He nailed so many things that are making me uncomfortable about society and arts and culture and millennials today。 I plan on picking up the print version to so I can take some notes。 If you have considered yourself a Democrat/liberal all Does it count if it's an audiobook read by the author？ I hope so。 Did this fact make me think about the words differently because they were read by the person who wrote them？ Most definitely。 I turned this on for a long road trip and listened straight through。 He nailed so many things that are making me uncomfortable about society and arts and culture and millennials today。 I plan on picking up the print version to so I can take some notes。 If you have considered yourself a Democrat/liberal all your life but have suddenly started talking about Democrats and liberals as them instead of us， then this book is for you。 I guarantee many many parts of it are going to piss people （possibly you） off， but you may very well also get a new perspective on the world。 。。。more
Patrick
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Easton-Ellis critiques woke culture and its implications for art and aesthetic。
Ian Carpenter
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Part memoir part argument， it's a good read， much of the argument familiar to anyone who listens to his podcast these days。 The memoir sections are great， detailing his struggles with writing， fame， and his many failures in film。 Despite hearing his arguments before I really enjoyed his thoughts on censorious social media engagement。 They're full of heat and passion and an honesty that will likely piss off many。 While I disagree in lots of places here I found it refreshing to read a point of vie Part memoir part argument， it's a good read， much of the argument familiar to anyone who listens to his podcast these days。 The memoir sections are great， detailing his struggles with writing， fame， and his many failures in film。 Despite hearing his arguments before I really enjoyed his thoughts on censorious social media engagement。 They're full of heat and passion and an honesty that will likely piss off many。 While I disagree in lots of places here I found it refreshing to read a point of view that feels fairly unconcerned about being labelled a baiting crank。 。。。more
Julia
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The ultimate in “I’m not ——ist， but”， and “I know someone， so I can say that”， and the classic “things aren’t as great as they used to be”。 Not bad， not great; I ended up skipping over the last bit， because for someone who is trying to give an air of “I don’t really care”， he seems hellbent on making some Ellisian point。
Marta Pacini
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Vi è mai capitato， almeno una volta， di aprire Instagram e avere la sensazione che tutti postiamo essenzialmente più o meno le stesse cose？ Stories， post e commenti se visti da lontano， come un plastico di una metropoli che viene fatto entrare in una stanza， riflettono a grandi linee le stesse opinioni， gli stessi punti di vista， le stesse prese di posizione sia che parliamo di cultura， politica e attualità o qualsiasi altra cosa。È come se progressivamente， in un processo così lungo da non rende Vi è mai capitato， almeno una volta， di aprire Instagram e avere la sensazione che tutti postiamo essenzialmente più o meno le stesse cose？ Stories， post e commenti se visti da lontano， come un plastico di una metropoli che viene fatto entrare in una stanza， riflettono a grandi linee le stesse opinioni， gli stessi punti di vista， le stesse prese di posizione sia che parliamo di cultura， politica e attualità o qualsiasi altra cosa。È come se progressivamente， in un processo così lungo da non rendercene neanche conto， la narrazione si fosse progressivamente fatta univoca appiattendo tutto， azzerando un reale confronto e un vero dialogo。E quando tutto si appiattisce il canvas finisce per risultare bianco: vuoto。In un saggio travestito da racconto autobiografico， Bret Easton Ellis parla di cause ed effetti che ci hanno portati a vivere in un’epoca definita da una cultura dove l’arte è totalmente a immagine e somiglianza della massa e non lascia spazio a nessuna posizione o interpretazione che vada contro quella della massa stessa， un’epoca dove i movimenti progressisti “diventano altrettanto rigidi e autoritari quanto le istituzioni a cui si oppongono”。Il risultato è un’uniformità dilagante che porta all’azzeramento dell’empatia e alla totale mancanza di comprensione （e volontà di comprensione） dell’altro， del diverso， in un circolo vizioso che finisce con la polarizzazione più estrema dei punti di vista （sfociata -a livello politico- nell’elezione di Trump e in tutto quello che ha contraddistinto la sua presidenza）。Ma dove comincia e dove finisce la libertà di espressione？ È davvero così giusto che il confine non debba （o non abbia ragione di） esistere？ Quello che （anche giustamente forse） manca al libro è tutto quello che viene “dopo” l’opinione di Bret Easton Ellis: cosa succede in un mondo in cui QUALSIASI opinione è lecita e nessuno se ne scandalizza？ Davvero un’assenza quasi totale di censura e omologazione è la risposta all’assenza odierna di dibattito？ E se così fosse， siamo davvero sicuri che non ci sia controindicazione alcuna a questa ricetta？Un libro che， giusto o sbagliato che possa apparire， da riflettere come pochi altri。 。。。more
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