poor little rich boy

book: less than zero

author: bret easton ellis

completion date: 24/06/10

method: borrowed (james)

i can see how robert downy junior would be the star of the movie version of this book. more like, this book is what happened to r.d.j before he went to rehab and prison and the like. its a limitless world for those who have the means.

i can't imagine reading this book when i was 18 or 19 or however old these kids are. its terrifying to think that there are people who live like this who have more money and no limits. one of the characters says at one point he doesn't have everything because he doesn't have anything to loose. what i loved about this book is how intense it got out of nowhere. i almost thought i was going to hate it in the beginning because all these characters are just so rich and don't give a fuck about anything. you watch as they search for something that pushes them over the edge but nothing seems to do it. being totally coked out all the time has to totally fuck with you too.

as he comes out of his haze it seems that clay starts to notice that things are wrong in their beverly hills paradise of cocaine, sex, unlimited parties and money. but even still clay only just leaves when he realizes that the way he and his friends live is wrong and totally fucked up. it reached a point that i had to re-read sentences because i didn't believe what i had just read.

i think it all chalks up to bad parenting.

xo-ellebee

sorry for the language.