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Capote in Kansas by Ande Parks, Chris Samnee

mg_ocio's review against another edition

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2.0

Empecé muy entusiasmada pero se me ha ido pasando. Pasa muy de puntillas por todo el proceso de creación de A sangre fría. Flojito.

gabopagan's review against another edition

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5.0

Sharp. Loved this book. Fantastic art, great writing. Original take on this well covered period in Capote's life. Well worth reading.

bluenicorn's review against another edition

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2.0

This just didn't feel like it added much to the well-trod conversation of Capote and In Cold Blood . Also, I didn't understand that Nancy was the dead girl for way longer than I'd like to admit- I didn't feel like her character was introduced or distinguishable from the other female characters very well. Or Harper Lee- why was she there? It wasn't bad- but I just didn't think it was all that great.

lonecayt's review against another edition

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4.0

And now I guess I need to read In Cold Blood.

mg_espi's review against another edition

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2.0

Empecé muy entusiasmada pero se me ha ido pasando. Pasa muy de puntillas por todo el proceso de creación de A sangre fría. Flojito.

eberico's review against another edition

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3.0

A solidly researched and written graphic novel version of Truman Capote's time in Kansas while working on [b:In Cold Blood|168642|In Cold Blood|Truman Capote|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71T99157VEL._SL75_.gif|1940709]. I'm not sure if the graphic novel adds much to the story - other than the device of Capote's imagined relationship with Nancy Clutter - or covers territory that wasn't already done masterfully in the 2005 movie based on the same events. Regardless, it's well done, and I enjoyed the quick read.

sylvia_p77's review against another edition

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3.0

The drawings were beautiful, but I don't care for the way the story is told.

arachne_reads's review

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3.0

As a story it's well put-together. It's ironic that fiction bows to fact in this volume.

heypretty52's review

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5.0

Absolutely loved this. Brought me to tears.

booksandbosox's review against another edition

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3.0

Apparently, they are republishing this graphic novel account of Truman Capote's research in Kansas as he created his classic, In Cold Blood. I spotted an e-galley on Netgalley available as "read now" so I downloaded and read it almost instantly. I'm a big fan of graphic novels and I like non-fiction comics particularly, so I liked seeing this one. In Cold Blood was assigned reading in my high school AP Psychology class and I really enjoyed it. I remember our teacher briefly discussing the creating of the book and Capote's complicated relationship with the men convicted. I don't really know terribly much about it, so I was interested in reading this version and seeing what seemed like it could be true and what not so much. I think the illustration style suits the story well and I liked the sometimes randomness of the unravelling of the story. I'd definitely like to hear more about this history.