It is done! It's taken me a while but I have finally finished Truman Capote's true crime novel. I wanted to read this one after watching Capote a few years ago. I also learned that it's considered one of the first true crime novels/the grandfather of the genre, so it felt only right to give it a ...
This does not read like a true crime novel. It almost reads like a historical fiction novel but unfortunately all of the horrible events that take place happened. I recommend having something light and fluffy nearby to read when you're finished because this book will drag you down into a pit of desp...
I discovered this book through reading To Kill a Mockingbird namely because my bookclub mentioned that Harper Lee and Truman Capote were quite good friends (and Capote even dedicates this book to her at the beginning). Anyway, I also thought the title was really cool (and Capote sounded like he was ...
7/6 - The original true crime novel. These days the murder of a family during a home invasion isn't as shocking as it was when In Cold Blood was written, so the description of the crime, and the scene afterward, didn't really bother me. The preceding description of the Clutters' final hours was more...
I've never read another book like this. It's a multiple murder tale told from everyone's point of view. Nothing is biased. The reader isn't lead at all. It's easy to feel empathy for each character. Great example of the whole walk a mile in my shoes and at the same time it completely illustrate...
I have mixed feelings about In Cold Blood. On one hand, this is a book that pioneered interesting and elegantly-crafted non-fiction. Although there are moments when the story gets bogged down by legal or court details, for the most part In Cold Blood reads like a novel. On the other hand, the succes...
It's the quiet that gets you. The stillness. The calm. Without fuss or exclamation or judgement, Capote lays out the circumstances around the gruesome 1959 murders of the Clutter family - and his lack of emotion makes it all the more terrifying. It's a straightforward, almost logical approach to an ...
This book was a great read, however, I did find it slightly lacking at the latter stages. In Cold Blood is considered the first proper true crime book. It describes the life and brutal murder of the Clutter family from Holcomb and is masterfully constructed through the use of witness statements, i...
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and t...
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