Bret Easton Ellis

Is Bret Easton Ellis an underrated writer? Why or why not?

He's pretty mediocre. American Psycho was decent, but that's really it.

Bump.

He is a hack who had the audacity to trash Alice Munroe. Do not show him respect.

Why is he a hack?

I've read The Rules of Attraction and I'm currently reading Less Than Zero. I really liked The Rules of Attraction.

Less Than Zero was said to be The Catcher in the Rye of the MTV generation and I can definitely see why people would think that so far.

I think there are two things why Bret Easton Ellis kinda fizzled out after American Psycho. The first is that there's a fair bit of homosexuality and bisexuality in his male characters which would put a lot of people off.
The second is that after American Psycho, what message would he be trying to convey to people that he hasn't already conveyed in his previous novels? It seems that he said all that he had to say about society by end of American Psycho and now he's just kinda lingered on not knowing what to do next.

Pic related, I loved The Rules of Attraction film.

well I've never heard of alice munroe, and I move in some pretty hep circles, sooooo...

also the enemy of my enemy is my friend wrt dfw

I agree with you completely. Bret really peaked after American Psycho. Imperial Bedrooms, the sequel to Less Than Zero, is really horrendous. I'm hoping his next work, Tranquil Reflections, will be something new.

I'm writing my part of my dissertation about Ellis' plateau after American Psycho.

I loved American Psycho. Less than Zero was ok, and the Bedrooms was passable but I definitely wouldn't read it again.

Watch the movie American Psycho if you have or haven't read the book, it's fantastic and very different from the novel.