Publication Date - January 19, 2021
3 stars
I was looking forward to this biography of a troubled author who was known to keep a consistent diary. Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley, was mercurial and had a string of dysfunctional relationships with women during a time period when that was not accepted. The author did a lot of research into her "cahiers" in which there were many but I just felt like this made connections with her work that seemed a stretch, like comparing Highsmith to Tom Ridley and other of her sociopathic characters. I also thought this book skipped around a lot and the descriptions of her relationships began to feel repetitive. She was definitely a fascinating individual and I enjoyed reading about her early life, but I found myself getting a little tired of the material, especially during the last half. I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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