3,5____________________Tom Ripley hat es nicht leicht im Leben. Aufgezogen von seiner Tante, schlägt sich der junge Mann nun eher schlecht als recht durch, oft auch auf kriminellem Wege. Als ihm eines Tages ein Mann folgt, glaubt er, dass die Polizei endgültig hinter ihm her ist. Doch nein, es ist H...
Somewhere between page 10 and page 185, my reading of this book changed from mild and somewhat disinterested to riveted. I have not seen the movie that is based on this book so I didn't have any idea what I was getting into. Honestly, I didn't care for Tom at first. It wasn't that I didn't like hi...
Loving this book...I had never heard of this author before and had to read this book for an inperson book club. This book is quick paced and sucks the reader in. I will def. be reading more from this author as I found out she is the author of a book one of my favorite classic movies was based off of...
This is the kind of story that would probably have worked very differently for someone who didn't already have a vague cultural knowledge of its workings -- the same way that The Empire Strikes Back must've been for people who didn't know its major twist. The problem with getting through a literary ...
If I had to use one word to describe this book, it would be 'disturbing'. Patricia Highsmith does an excellent job of telling this story through the eyes of Tom Ripley, a sociopath who stops at nothing to achieve a life of ease and luxury. I found myself getting caught up with Tom's hopes and emot...
Tom Ripley is the quintessential sociopath con artist. He hates his life and blames others. He develops an infatuation with Dickie Greenleaf mainly because Dickie is rich and can do all the things Tom cannot do. Tom also has a talent for imitating others and discovers he can use this to leave his li...
Rating: 4.5* of fiveThis nail-biting page-turner is the first of Patricia Highsmith's novels featuring amoral, mass-murdering sociopath and all-around bon vivant Tom Ripley.What can I add to the generations of praise heaped on Highsmith's male alter ego? What else need be said? What delicious evil, ...
Tom Ripley is hired by Herbert Greenleaf to go to Italy and convince the latter's son to come home. While there, it becomes clear to the reader that Tom is a bit strange, to put it mildly. Highsmith does a good job at taking us through a plethora of minor plot details. Her planning process must have...
The first Tom Ripley book (I believe) was The Talented Mr. Ripley which has been reprinted in vol. II of The Library of America's magnificent collection of "American Noir" crime novels of the 1950's. Tom begins his amoral life of crime with good intentions, traveling to Europe at the behest of a cha...
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