The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game

I'm rereading "The Talented Mr. Ripley," and I might keep going with the others again, too.

I've never been one much for the murder mystery, and I generally don't super-enjoy books about affluent Americans living abroad in a wisened old Europe.

But I love this Ripley guy. I just can't help it. Highsmith's prose is spare and loving - and about a sociopath. ( )

I'm rereading "The Talented Mr. Ripley," and I might keep going with the others again, too.

I've never been one much for the murder mystery, and I generally don't super-enjoy books about affluent Americans living abroad in a wisened old Europe.

But I love this Ripley guy. I just can't help it. Highsmith's prose is spare and loving - and about a sociopath. ( )

This was my first real introduction to Patricia Highsmith. I had read novellas in anthology. Tom Ripley is one messed up young man. Fascinating to watch, to read about, I'm not sure I would want to meet him. This is now a classic in the genre. It is set in the time it was written, mid 50's, but it hasn't aged a bit. The plot flows, we follow the struggles of Ripley to stay a step ahead of disaster and impending doom. I'm looking forward to read the next Ripley adventure. I haven't watched the Damon-Law movie but I have vague memories of the movie with Alain Delon. So my Tom Ripley looks like a young Alain Delon. ( )

I loved the Talented Mr Ripley and would rate that 4/5 stars, but I found that Ripley's character palled as I read each book in the series and, ultimately, I didn't care about him, for him nor about what happened to him. ( )

Ripley is one of the great crime characters. He is at once repulsive and attractive. The stories are told from Ripley's viewpoint. He is the hero of an adventure story and it is hard not to wish him well ( )