nanc_282's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I picked up this book because I’ve never read anything by Truman Capote. It’s an okay short story about a woman who lives in the same apartment block as the (male) narrator and she dazzles him. It has a lighthearted style which is supposed to reflect the girls cookie nature. However, it does touch in a number of challenging themes, prostitution, child-marriage, sexual exploration,  organised crime, for example. But these are only referred to obliquely. The narrator is too enchanted by Holly herself to really engage with the sadness within her story. 
Contains racial and sexual language contemporary with 1950s America. 

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emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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