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The Talented Mr. Ripley - Community Reviews back

by Patricia Highsmith
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MishyJo
MishyJo rated it 10 years ago
Nick: Shall I look for some gifs?Mish: No. No gifs.Nick: Why not?Mish: You'll just look for something shocking and bloody. I don't want to be grossed out by our review.Nick: Okay... you start, though. I need another drink.Mish: Isn't that your third?Nick: Are you counting my drinks, woman? Just star...
pseudolibrary
pseudolibrary rated it 11 years ago
I'm more interested in Ripley's love for Greenleaf (love of being Greenleaf) than Ripley's crimes.
Anya's Books
Anya's Books rated it 11 years ago
I did not like this book. Strange to have given it 4 stars then isn't it? The reason is simple it is a good book, a very good book with excellent writing, amazing characters and heart stopping tension. The problem for me was that I really didn't like spending all that time with the characters, espec...
Dantastic Book Reviews
Dantastic Book Reviews rated it 11 years ago
Probably the only book made into a movie starring Matt Damon I've read.
meganbaxter
meganbaxter rated it 11 years ago
What a creepy little book. Highsmith takes us into the head of Tom Ripley, and it is an unsettling ride. Tom is a sociopath (or is he?), but an anxious one. And inside his head, we are carried along as his crimes mount, one upon the other, and feel the tension as he skirts the edge of disaster and d...
JK
JK rated it 11 years ago
Meh.
Don't Stop Readin'
Don't Stop Readin' rated it 12 years ago
This book was just an introduction to Ripley's brain and it was all so crazy. I'd love to see what else he is capable of!
Nigeyb
Nigeyb rated it 12 years ago
This is the second time I have read this book. The first was in 2000, and was inspired by the 1999 film adaptation directed by Anthony Minghella. Sufficient time had elapsed for me to have forgotten most of the detail of both the book and the film. I think this resulted in me enjoying it even mor...
The Golden Darter
The Golden Darter rated it 13 years ago
The story had plenty of suspense, but the writing style was so clinical it was hard to really get into it to any real degree. I don't think there was one character I liked, least of all the lead. The base idea is terrifying, but the execution of this book kept me from being able to like it more.
katiewilkins186
katiewilkins186 rated it 13 years ago
The Talented Mr. Ripley is not a book I would have picked up on my own for fear it would be too dark. However, I’ve been enjoying doing group reads a lot and this was the next book for the Constant Reader Group on Goodreads. The book tells the story of Ripley, a man sent to Europe to talk an acqua...
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