The Talented Mr. Ripley
It's here, in the first volume of Patricia Highsmith's five-book Ripley series, that we are introduced to the suave Tom Ripley, a young striver seeking to leave behind his past as an orphan bullied for being a "sissy." Newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan, Ripley meets a wealthy industrialist who hires him to bring his playboy son, Dickie ...show more
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3.5 stars!
I really can't decide what I thought about this book. I definitely enjoyed it, and even though I knew Tom Ripley would get away with the murders in the end, it was still fun to see how everything played out in the end. He's clearly pretty disturbed, especially his ability to compartmentalize the murders and manipulate everything and everyone. And omg there was so much GAY going on. Though does that mean that Tom is really trying to murd...read more
I really can't decide what I thought about this book. I definitely enjoyed it, and even though I knew Tom Ripley would get away with the murders in the end, it was still fun to see how everything played out in the end. He's clearly pretty disturbed, especially his ability to compartmentalize the murders and manipulate everything and everyone. And omg there was so much GAY going on. Though does that mean that Tom is really trying to murd...read more
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