337 reviews for:

Deep Water

Patricia Highsmith

3.62 AVERAGE

dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So slow. So boring. Both characters are so insufferable. Good day for divorce to exist. What did I even read this many pages of? Both of his wife’s lovers go missing back to back and nobody thinks anything of it bc he’s likable and prints books.
dark mysterious tense medium-paced

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. It really had me thinking and I never exactly knew where things were going.
challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Such an underrated masterpiece by Highsmith
mysterious tense medium-paced

Could have been an interesting story but the writing was drudgery. And the ending was terrible. The main characters were unlikable and if they removed all references of drinking and watching his pet snails the book would be 4 pages long.

whoa

great book! i read several reader's reviews and the synopsis (as always, kinda wished i hadn't), but that all didn't prepare me. this one's a wild ride. read it in two days ... couldn't put it down.

seriously

run of the mill imo