vampiresessah's Reviews (563)


This book instilled in me a thirst for traveling. I miss Naples, I miss Rome and Italy in general. So that played a huge part in why I was enthralled with this book. Despite this I also wouldn't want to have Ripley as my travel companion. It's easy to see from the beginning that he has a paranoid and warped view of the people around him. All of that just intensifies over the course of the story, culminating in murder. I found the facts after it to be dragging a little while we are immersed into the people closest to the murdered. It a perverse parody of sorts and you're wishing at every turn that someone will please finally find out the truth about Ripley's actions.
I am not sure if I want to read any of the other novels but I'll definitely finally watch the movie with Matt Damon as Ripley.

I read this as an ebook and I would've had so many things to scribble in the margins if it hadn't been. All in all I love the spirit and a lot of the practical application appeals to me as well. (well not the part about books... That just wasn't for me)
However there were too many repeating phrases and sayings that I got a little bored. It's also very simplistic in a way that makes me skim rather than read.

All in all I will still purchase one of her books but this one doesn't spark the joy I was looking for.