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A review by ala2134
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
So engrossing and compelling. As I kept reading, I couldn’t stop telling friends that they had to pick this up. It had so many juicy plot elements: a serial killer mystery, clandestine gay romance, rich LA high school melodrama, the list goes on. I would love to know how true to fact this is, but I think that’s part of the mystery that makes it so intriguing. My only qualm is that it was incredibly long. If you took out the stereotypically LA paragraphs droning on about which highway they took whilst driving around, it could have been cut down by about 100 pages (seriously). Even so, I would highly recommend this.