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Reviewer: María ( habla con migo) 14:16, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Sorry this article has had to wait for a review; I will begin mine shortly. María ( habla con migo) 14:16, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm not familiar with this particular book, or its predecessor, although I did read American Psycho a few years back. :) Overall, this is a fairly good article. Here is how it stands against the criteria:
My main issues with the article are the prose, which is easily fixed, and the organization/coverage of info, which may take a little more work. Detailed comments are as follows:
There are some other minor wording/tense issues throughout, so I suggest re-reading the article in full to get a sense of wording issues, etc. I get the feeling that a majority of the article was written before the book was released, and it just needs some sprucing up. The main problem here is organization, and lack of an overview of the plot in one place. Also tackle the lead, and consider including how well the book initially sold, if such information is available yet. Once these issues have been adequately addressed, I'll review the article again. For now I'm going to put it on hold for a week's time; please do contact me on my talkpage if further guidance is needed. María ( habla con migo) 15:00, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Great, this article has much improved. I've done some minor copy-editing throughout, I hope you don't mind; I also moved the film adaptation section to the bottom of the article, as that is typically how novel articles are organized. I think this article is ready to be promoted to GA now. Congrats!
A couple quick suggestions for future improvement (especially in case FAC is the next step):
Thanks for all your hard work! If you have any questions or comments about this review, please don't hesitate to contact me via my talk page. Take care, María ( habla con migo) 13:54, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi - in the plot summary I made an edit to the timeframe of Less Than Zero, as it is not set in 1985. I changed it to 1982, but the date has now reverted to 1985 - perhaps I could explain my reasoning? Firstly, the novel (both in the real world and in the world of Imperial Bedrooms) was published in spring 1985. This means it cannot possibly have taken place at Christmas 1985 - or even in the winter of 1984/5, there wouldn't have been time to write and publish it. It is in fact quite easy to date the earlier novel - Less Than Zero takes place during the Christmas of Clay's first year at college, and on p.5 of Imperial Bedrooms Clay confirms that this was 1982/3 - he goes on to state that by 1985 he had left Camden. If you check the cultural references in Less Than Zero, it's clear that this was the period Ellis was writing about. Eddie Robson ( talk) 07:08, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
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Reviewer: María ( habla con migo) 14:16, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Sorry this article has had to wait for a review; I will begin mine shortly. María ( habla con migo) 14:16, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm not familiar with this particular book, or its predecessor, although I did read American Psycho a few years back. :) Overall, this is a fairly good article. Here is how it stands against the criteria:
My main issues with the article are the prose, which is easily fixed, and the organization/coverage of info, which may take a little more work. Detailed comments are as follows:
There are some other minor wording/tense issues throughout, so I suggest re-reading the article in full to get a sense of wording issues, etc. I get the feeling that a majority of the article was written before the book was released, and it just needs some sprucing up. The main problem here is organization, and lack of an overview of the plot in one place. Also tackle the lead, and consider including how well the book initially sold, if such information is available yet. Once these issues have been adequately addressed, I'll review the article again. For now I'm going to put it on hold for a week's time; please do contact me on my talkpage if further guidance is needed. María ( habla con migo) 15:00, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Great, this article has much improved. I've done some minor copy-editing throughout, I hope you don't mind; I also moved the film adaptation section to the bottom of the article, as that is typically how novel articles are organized. I think this article is ready to be promoted to GA now. Congrats!
A couple quick suggestions for future improvement (especially in case FAC is the next step):
Thanks for all your hard work! If you have any questions or comments about this review, please don't hesitate to contact me via my talk page. Take care, María ( habla con migo) 13:54, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi - in the plot summary I made an edit to the timeframe of Less Than Zero, as it is not set in 1985. I changed it to 1982, but the date has now reverted to 1985 - perhaps I could explain my reasoning? Firstly, the novel (both in the real world and in the world of Imperial Bedrooms) was published in spring 1985. This means it cannot possibly have taken place at Christmas 1985 - or even in the winter of 1984/5, there wouldn't have been time to write and publish it. It is in fact quite easy to date the earlier novel - Less Than Zero takes place during the Christmas of Clay's first year at college, and on p.5 of Imperial Bedrooms Clay confirms that this was 1982/3 - he goes on to state that by 1985 he had left Camden. If you check the cultural references in Less Than Zero, it's clear that this was the period Ellis was writing about. Eddie Robson ( talk) 07:08, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
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