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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
A husband suavely, and with calm indifference, handles his wife’s blatant infidelities …. Until he doesn’t.
Patricia Highsmith specialises in writing charismatic sociopaths (a la Tom Ripley). She does this again in Deep Water, set in a close knit small American town.
With close attention to the interior thoughts of the protagonist as well as his impact on others, I was interested to see just when - and if - his breaking point would come.
Patricia Highsmith specialises in writing charismatic sociopaths (a la Tom Ripley). She does this again in Deep Water, set in a close knit small American town.
With close attention to the interior thoughts of the protagonist as well as his impact on others, I was interested to see just when - and if - his breaking point would come.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
too intense for me. i honestly hate spending time with sociopaths. i hate when people just dont talm to eachother lol. i much prefer roger akroyd.
More a psychological profile than a mystery or even a crime novel. Top notch writing and character insights had me loving this book, even as I despised the characters. Can't wait to read more Highsmith!
This book is story of rumours turn reality as Melinda our morally gray character protagonist and her husband Vic Van Allen. When Joel try to seduce and Melinda didn't try to hide the extra marital affair to scare him, Vic try to threat him that he killed Malcolm McRae, an old friend that went missing because he was getting close to his wife. Melinda Van Allen is beautiful, headstrong and sexy. Unfortunately for Vic Van Allen, she is his wife. Their love has soured, and Melinda takes pleasure in flaunting her many affairs to her husband. When one of her lovers is murdered, Vic hints to her latest conquest that he was responsible. As rumours spread about Vic's vicious streak, fiction and reality start to converge . It became talk of the town but joke soon gonna turn into reality It's only a matter of time before Vic really does have blood on his hands. His first victim was a piano artist, and then her ex boyfriend who came down meet her, and rejuvenate there old relationship but before that things changed. He was about to get exposed but got saved due to an accident
Our Mystery book club selection for December 2022.
I quite liked it. I liked the style, the slow breakdown of the protagonist.
Writing is excellent. Anybody that can use a word like "hoydenish" well has my vote.
I listened to the audio version, pretty much straight through.
3.5 stars, easy.
I quite liked it. I liked the style, the slow breakdown of the protagonist.
Writing is excellent. Anybody that can use a word like "hoydenish" well has my vote.
I listened to the audio version, pretty much straight through.
3.5 stars, easy.
yes omg slay i don't think i wanted him to be caught tbh
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated