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"Just think of the shock value. Killing off the leading lady halfway through. I mean you are intrigued, are you not, my dear? Come on, admit it." (Hitchcock, 2012)

Fine, Lilia isn't truly the leading lady, but initially that seems to be the case. I'll keep it short and sweet by saying that the indifference shown by most of the characters at the end of this book is actually revolting. Maybe that's the point? Suffice it to say, I'd much rather spend a few hundred pages with serial killer Tom Ripley than with any of the remorseless and self-indulgent monsters in this book. And I'm usually the one who rolls his eyes when I read a I didn't like this book because I didn't like the characters review. I did like some of the characters, until the end. Can't we at least pretend that something terrible has taken place?