The Boy Who Followed Ripley | 
panSadly disappointing fourth installment of the Ripliad, which sees Tom and a young friend sampling Berlin's gay scene, amongst not much else. Threadbare plot, and pages and pages of travelogue. Hopefully Book 5 is better.
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panSadly disappointing fourth installment of the Ripliad, which sees Tom and a young friend sampling Berlin's gay scene, amongst not much else. Threadbare plot, and pages and pages of travelogue. Hopefully Book 5 is better.
2-15-20: My 11th finished book of 2020! #theboywhofollowedripley #payriciahighsmith 🌟🌟🌟👍🏼📖#️⃣1️⃣1️⃣
#bookhaul of FREE books from community recycling! I already have The Talented Mr. Ripley so when I saw these two sequels, I grabbed them. Looks like I‘m still missing two in the middle, though. Our Lady of Guadalupe is for my best friend, who loves weird Catholic stuff and old books.
panI felt the author tried to humanize Ripley in this part of the series and I can't say it really worked for me. The story felt overly constructed and it tended to bore me. It made no sense to me as to why Ripley would get so attached to the boy and the ending was utterly dissatisfiying.
