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I'm glad I finally read this! It took a little while to gain momentum, but Highsmith did an astounding job of keeping me suspended between sympathy and judgment. I really couldn't decide if I was rooting for Tom to succeed or enjoying every time he squirmed in fear, eager to see him caught.
The character she paints is vivid and textured. Not a mere mechanical sociopath, but someone shoved out of "good society" throughout his life, looking for a way in. And maybe excluded because others sense his ...more
The character she paints is vivid and textured. Not a mere mechanical sociopath, but someone shoved out of "good society" throughout his life, looking for a way in. And maybe excluded because others sense his ...more
Not quite sure what the lesson learned could be for a novel that ends like this! Very different from the movie version.
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