Previous Comments

[1] On Apr-22-2005, pete wrote:

why does everybody hate the informers?

[2] On Apr-22-2005, wrote:

hahahaha that's a really good question.

i don't think people hate it and it's honestly as amazing and powerful as ellis' other books i think it just gets overshadowed by his other, bolder books.

plus, less than zero makes the exact same statement and is a slightly better book, so people don't dwell on the informers becaues less than zero is like a better or at least more condensed version of the informers.

still, the informers made me, i think, more depressed than any other ellis book. maybe beause it was my first. but it is an amazing book.

[3] On Apr-23-2005, jamesg wrote:

i didn't know people hated the informers.

[4] On Apr-23-2005, Chris Fabulous wrote:

Some of the stories, particularly at the beginning, kind of suck. A lot of them nearer the end are great. My favorites are "Letters from LA" and "The Secrets of Summer," which are both really, really supurb. Maybe the vampire thing is a little heavy-handed, but I love it. "The Fifth Wheel" was really powerful, but hard to read. I've got a seven-year-old daughter, and the story made me feel ill. That's a good thing, though. That's part of what good fiction should do.

CF

[5] On Apr-24-2005, jamesg wrote:

i loved every story in the book, even the early ones. at the still point is a great story, as is bruce calls from mulholland, even though they are relatively short

[6] On Apr-26-2005, MZARS wrote:

It's a really good book about Los Angeles. What more is there to say?

People don't like the book? Well, heaven forfend! People also dislike Twain, Tolstoy, and Thompson; all the disdain puts him in pretty good company.

[7] On Apr-26-2005, Chris Fabulous wrote:

"Kind of suck" is a little strong. The only one I really disliked was the one about the kid that died in the car accident. Most of them were fine, and as a whole I did like the book a lot.

CF

[8] On Apr-27-2005, Nick wrote:

Is there some sort of a connection beween the stories that I am missing? I understand that some of them were written during diferent time periods, and I saw that some characters appeared in more htan one short story in the book, (for example: Grahm.)

I also liked that Ellis played off American Psycho by showing Tim Price before he became a rich businness man, in the chapter where he goes to Hawaii with his father.

I hope that in Lunar Park, Ellis shows the relationship between Patrick Bateman and Sean Pateman more than the single chapter in American Psycho.

Question: Who's your favorite Bret Easton Ellis character?

[9] On Apr-29-2005, Zachary wrote:

"The fifth wheel" is horrifying, simply horrific. The book as a whole I thought was very satisfying and laconic and disturbing; However, I don't think you could actually compare it to Winesburg, Ohio, but perhaps something Nathanael West might have done if West had taken a cocktail of anabolic steroids and angel dust.

[10] On May-02-2005, Ossian wrote:

I loved The Informers and in fact it's one of my favourite books ever. I enjoyed all the stories, and I know that it is a lot like Less than Zero, but I still think it's an excellent piece of work. Every author has his/her less noticed works... that doesn't make them bad.

[11] On May-05-2005, Chris Fabulous wrote:

Question: Who's your favorite Bret Easton Ellis character?

They're all pretty hard to like, but I'm entertained a lot by Sean Bateman.

CF

[12] On May-12-2005, SirAD wrote:

I think that the Informers has a deeply nostalgic feel that is absent from all other works by Ellis. I haven't read it for a long time, But I still have images of a lonelyish woman idling by a swimming pool & gobbling down xanax for the sake of it. the sense of closure is really wonderful in many of the stories. 'Despair and hpoelessness do not necessarily cause a person to act.'

[13] On May-30-2005, donnie. wrote:

Question: Who's your favorite Bret Easton Ellis character?

the best part about BEE's characters is they're all such assholes. but its a toss-up between Paul Denton, Sean Bateman and Patrick Bateman.
I still cannot believe Bret Easton Ellis made me feel sorry for Patrick. He's a serial killer, that takes talent.
Did anyone else pity Patrick at all?