Reviews

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

ink_nettle's review against another edition

funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

rhdj's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

crodriguez_18's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.0

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Racism

flounie_baby_lis's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

nickedkins's review against another edition

4.0

You really have to feel sorry for the other stories that are in the same book as Breakfast at Tiffany's

amyingomar's review against another edition

• 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

danikiomi's review

2.75

Surprised at how closely the movie followed the book. Found some parts funny but mostly think this aged badly

rhiannonfarquhar's review against another edition

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

anam_victoria's review

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5