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I loved this book (and the movie too) so much I named my named my cat Holly Golightly.
I loved this book (and the movie too) so much I named my named my cat Holly Golightly.
I am embarrassed to admit that this is the first Truman Capote I've read, though I definitely intend to read more now.
The book I read is, I think, the most standard presentation of "Breakfast at Tiffany's": The novella followed by three other, much shorter stories. My rating is for the entire book, though I think "Breakfast at Tiffany's" as a standalone story deserves five stars.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's," the story, is about a woman making a living in the man's world of 1940s New York City by enc ...more
The book I read is, I think, the most standard presentation of "Breakfast at Tiffany's": The novella followed by three other, much shorter stories. My rating is for the entire book, though I think "Breakfast at Tiffany's" as a standalone story deserves five stars.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's," the story, is about a woman making a living in the man's world of 1940s New York City by enc ...more
I read this before seeing the film version of Breakfast at Tiffany's, and I think the story is much stronger than in the film. It lacks the happy ending found in the movie, but I think that gives it a more solid, heavy feeling; Holly's problems are not the kind that can be easily solved by having a great new friend, and I think the story really carries that message home: sometimes, things just are not okay in the end. That is the general feeling I got from this whole collection of stories. Somet
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Different from the movie, more harrowing.
I've never read Truman Capote before and his style (at least in B@Ts) was surprisingly lyrical and light. There is a lot of whimsy, despite some reasonably dark subject matter. Very fun to read.
The copy I read also contained three short stories which I also liked very much, especially A Christmas Memory, which was very sweet and nostalgic and left me eager to bake pies and smell snow in the air. Yum. ...more
The copy I read also contained three short stories which I also liked very much, especially A Christmas Memory, which was very sweet and nostalgic and left me eager to bake pies and smell snow in the air. Yum. ...more
Sep 11, 2018
Shayla
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
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Didn't finish and probably won't...just didn't hold my interest and I didn't like the way black people were described.
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I re-read this one while I was @ WLC and actually enjoyed it this time.
Jul 16, 2009
Alison
marked it as to-read
Apr 19, 2012
carrie
marked it as to-read
Jul 10, 2012
Heather
marked it as to-read
Mar 10, 2014
cam
marked it as to-read
Mar 19, 2017
James Vickers
rated it
really liked it
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Aug 25, 2017
mehg-hen
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