Finish book

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 - title: The Talented Mr. Ripley
   author: Patricia Highsmith
   slug: the-talented-mr.-ripley
+  finished: true
+  finishedAt: 2024-08-24
+  location: Stockholm, Sweden
+  notes: |
+      After having watched [_Ripley_](/micro/20240516112200/), I felt I needed _more_ Ripley. This original book by Patricia Highsmith totally offered what I was looking for. The film _The Talented Mr. Ripley_ with Matt Damon and Jude Law only seemingly scratched the surface of Ripley's character: his story felt too fast and hastily told in that film, wheareas the _Ripley_ series gave him much more space. In the book, we can finally follow his own thoughts in third person.
+      
+      Highsmith's prose in the novel is, what I guess, super modern for being from the 1950s. Also, in everything Ripley says or does, she manages the balance perfectly between "normal sensitive person" and "psychotic killer". Meaning, she makes us believe that Ripley totally thinks his actions and thoughts are _legitimate_, but not in an absurd, sick way: his disturbing thoughts are always toned down and subtle.
+      
+      I enjoyed _The Talented Mr. Ripley_ a lot, especially paired with the tv series _Ripley_.