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Ellis, Bret Easton

Less Than Zero
Author: Ellis, Bret Easton
Genre: Fiction
Rating: Good
Last Read: January, 2004

Review:I read this review in one sitting, and when I was done spent more time thinking about it than I did reading it. In the end, I decided that I liked it. It's one of those books, like Catcher in the Ride or On the Road, that some read and ask "What was the point?". But others read and say, "Wow, that book really captured a very real human element." Less Than Zero takes place in Southern California (LA and Palm Springs), and is about rich college-age kids who live decadent lives, but struggle to find any meaning in them. It tells of a lifestyle I couldn't possibly imagine, yet the characters are very human and very compelling. Full of drugs, sex and abuse, this book is not for the queasy. But I enjoyed it and thought it was a profound tale of human lives going nowhere.