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A review by c_dmckinney
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Technically the book is well written and Michael C Hall's narration is perfect for the nameless narrator. I just hated the story the whole way through.
Holly Golightly is something like a proto-Manic-Pixie-Dream-Girl. She's flighty and traumatized and profoundly unwell and all the men in her life are obsessed with her and using her for various purposes all their own. I have a lot of pity and empathy for her and a lot of frustration and what is probably disdain for most of the men in her life.
I definitely understand that a major issue I have with this is that I am a woman in the year 2024 with a history of trauma of my own and a background in mental healthcare education and I am unable to fully remove my context from this story from 1958.
Holly Golightly is something like a proto-Manic-Pixie-Dream-Girl. She's flighty and traumatized and profoundly unwell and all the men in her life are obsessed with her and using her for various purposes all their own. I have a lot of pity and empathy for her and a lot of frustration and what is probably disdain for most of the men in her life.
I definitely understand that a major issue I have with this is that I am a woman in the year 2024 with a history of trauma of my own and a background in mental healthcare education and I am unable to fully remove my context from this story from 1958.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, and Abandonment