Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Nov 29, 2010 Lydia Presley rated it liked it · review of another edition

My first experience with Breakfast at Tiffany's was, like I imagine mosts to be, colored with Audrey Hepburn's charm and George Peppard's blue eyes. While it's not one of my favorite movies of Hepburns (Roman Holiday holds that honor), it has it's quirky, sweet moments and is quite the classic.

I wasn't sure what to expect of Truman Capote's writing, but I did expect a little more than I got, I think. Without Hepburn there to make the story flow and to breathe life into the dialogue I found the b ...more

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Jul 02, 2011 Erin Black-Mitchell rated it really liked it

I liked the book, but I will take the movie over the book any day. I guess I am just a sucker for a happy ending. I found this to be a very easy read, and I like the way that Capote writes. I have never read anything by him prior to this.

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Apr 03, 2011 Stacy rated it liked it

This story is pretty close to the movie - or i should say the movie is very similar to the book. The ending is different but it was a good read.

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Apr 12, 2007 Vanessa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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 ...more

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