If you've seen the movie, then you will find the book remarkably similar, but with much more grotesque imagery. This was literally the most disgusting and horrific book I have ever read (or ever plan to read). Some of the images of the ways Patrick Bateman tortured his victims have yet to leave my mind. The reason this review gets two stars is because there were moments in the story in which I literally laughed out loud, even when I was traveling in public.