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A review by eleeowart
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
adventurous
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Read this to pay dues to one of the original crime reporting novels and Capotes journalistic prose made clear why this is a classic. Really enjoyed how it was written (alternating between those investigating, and the actual guilty parties). Capote gave insight into the lives and minds of people who commit these awful motiveless crimes, while still honoring the lives of those lost AND the ones impacted via their line of work. Overall, really well done.
Didn’t LOVE the racist slurs/phrases used but understand it was reporting and that was the 1950s.
Didn’t LOVE the racist slurs/phrases used but understand it was reporting and that was the 1950s.
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual violence