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mulders's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Most of life is so dull it is not worth discussing, and it is dull at all ages. When we change our brand of cigarette, move to a new neighborhood, subscribe to a different newspaper, fall in and out of love, we are protesting in ways both frivolous and deep against the not to be diluted dullness of day-to-day living.
It is incredibly hard to find just one quote to use in this review. I swear I highlighted every other page of the book, Capote is such an emoting, vivid, madman of a writer that the simplest moments of humanity in his work feel like a gut punch. Grady is a lovely protagonist fitting of the story; a timeless picture of a teenage girl wise beyond her years who is ultimately just as naive as she thinks she isn't. Clyde makes for an extraordinary love interest— a man who first seems cold and disinterested and slowly reveals himself to be a beautiful, bleeding heart— but an even better deuteragonist: the shift in point of view from Grady's to Clyde's comes halfway through the book and knocked the wind right out of me, breaking my heart in hindsight.
A short novel of a whirlwind summer romance that starts off sunny and languid and hurtles towards a shining, dizzying, abrupt end. Truman Capote was and remains the greatest.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy
bill369's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
Someone on the internet recommended me this book.
I couldn't care less about the characters.
Wealthy Grady is in a toxic relationship with a poor guy Clyde about whom she doesn't know many things. She believes he's in love with her while also being aware he's meeting another woman. Her goal is for him to show his love to her and get to know him better. Achieving this isn't easy at all. The theme isn't horrible. Yet the book is.
I don't want to share any lines.
The end was mediocre at best.
I hoped for a great short romantic story and I got a terrible short story. The comparison between the classes wasn't the worst.
I couldn't care less about the characters.
Wealthy Grady is in a toxic relationship with a poor guy Clyde about whom she doesn't know many things. She believes he's in love with her while also being aware he's meeting another woman. Her goal is for him to show his love to her and get to know him better. Achieving this isn't easy at all. The theme isn't horrible. Yet the book is.
I don't want to share any lines.
The end was mediocre at best.
I hoped for a great short romantic story and I got a terrible short story. The comparison between the classes wasn't the worst.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide and Toxic relationship
Minor: Drug use, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Pregnancy
nuca_05's review against another edition
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Racial slurs and Pregnancy