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Much criticism of the novel noted its length.

Time < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s Joel Stein noted " The idea — models so solipsistic that they become terrorists — is a good-enough one for a short story of 15 pages, but it's unsustainable at 482.

" He describes the book's first 185 pages as " inanely repetitive ".

Entertainment Weekly opines " It's like reading Page Six of the New York Post, but for 482 pages.

" One reviewer found the opening scenes " funny enough " although noted that it " gets tired easily ".

Contrarily, the Star Tribune felt " the satiric early half is Ellis in peak form, the thriller-style second half is less successful.

" In fact, the humour in the novel was praised by multiple critics.

The Star Tribune notes Victor's lack of depth, malapropisms, overuse of the word " baby " and the novel's " enchantingly disaffected monotone " of " a been-there-done-that Valleyspeak ".

Hanson felt that the horror elements in the " labyrinthian " thriller section of the novel seemed " recycled from American Psycho.

" Entertainment Weekly also state their preference for the " first 189 pages ".

Contrarily, the New York Times felt that the book was devoid of fun, where even the blackest satire ( e. g. Evelyn Waugh's Loved One ) are more humorous.