3.89k reviews for:

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith

3.88 AVERAGE

eslink's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gmayhew99's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

taylorgrieshober's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

ritawilbur's review against another edition

5.0

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This book was really good - had you feeling somewhat sympathetic to a criminal. It was so tense, several times I had to stop reading it in order to calm down. And the ending! Owe mai gawd! 

qui_b's review against another edition

3.0

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Chilling insight into a sociopath.

tabularasa's review against another edition

3.25

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kylie_brown's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

princesqueak's review against another edition

5.0

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I love that the biggest difference from this versus the movie is that Ripley is actually very bad at this.

cathartid's review against another edition

4.0

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Always nice when the bad guy gets away with it

bananafish_books's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes