American psycho - Book vs movie

[IkeaBoy]

"Why are there copies of the styles section on the floor Marcus? Do you have a dog? A Little chow or something"
'No Allen'
"Is that a raincoat?"
"Yes it is...He's been comapred to Elvis Costello but I feel huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor."

Personally, I think each the book and the movie have their own positive traits. I think the book gives us a better insight into Patrick, his insanity, his mindset and, as mentioned before, the gore. There are just some descriptions that would never work on film like near the end where we learn he keeps three vaginas in his gym locker with a blue ribbon from Le Cirque tied around his favorite. I also think the 'droning' enables the satire to work out better. I also like how it isn't until almost 100 pages in where we first see that he's a psychopathic killer. Sure there are a few hints (e.g. the child's raincoat with the chocolate stain in it in his closet early on) but there's never a definite example.

However I think the movie improved on a couple of things. A few of the scenes being combined and the places of the monologues in relation of placement works better in the movie than in the book. For example, I liked the placement of Patrick meeting his lawyer at Harry's soon after his phone call than the book where days seem to pass.

Interestingly enough, something I realized that was a change that kind of struck me as odd as in the book most of the characters names have to do with money and fianances and they were changed in the film (e.g. Price becomes Bryce, Owen becomes Allen).