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Amazing research brought this story to life. This was a real testament to the Clutter family and left no stone unturned.
Capote set out to write a "non-fiction novel," and I think he succeeded fairly well at that. It certainly didn't pull me in and keep me mesmerized in the way I expect from good fiction. But, on the other hand, it flowed better and was more interesting to read than a straight newspaper-style reporting of the events would have been.
The events described were a brutal murder that took place in western Kansas in 1959. Capote relates what he learned about the victims and the murderers from the day of ...more
The events described were a brutal murder that took place in western Kansas in 1959. Capote relates what he learned about the victims and the murderers from the day of ...more
Maybe my expectations were too high or maybe I just misunderstood the genre. Whichever the case, I was utterly disappointed in In Cold Blood. About halfway through the book I began to question the editing. I'm no literary scholar, far from it, but the book seemed to go off on tangents unrelated, in my opinion, to the main purpose of the story. I guess I was expecting more from the legendary Capote.
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it was amazing
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