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Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

30 reviews

nanc_282's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

I picked up this book because I’ve never read anything by Truman Capote. It’s an okay short story about a woman who lives in the same apartment block as the (male) narrator and she dazzles him. It has a lighthearted style which is supposed to reflect the girls cookie nature. However, it does touch in a number of challenging themes, prostitution, child-marriage, sexual exploration,  organised crime, for example. But these are only referred to obliquely. The narrator is too enchanted by Holly herself to really engage with the sadness within her story. 
Contains racial and sexual language contemporary with 1950s America. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexism, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

fairyabby's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Racism

Minor: Miscarriage and Adult/minor relationship

kendramichele's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Holly Golightly ... all at once glamorous, selfish, crass, far from aspirational yet hypnotic. She strives for ambiguity. She shape-shifts as needed. She's unfulfilled and unloved; Holly's truest nature is survival. 

Capote's New York of the 1940s is much like Holly herself: charming and desolate, magnetic and desperate. He offers a forlorn character study that transfixes the reader. 

This novella has all the ingredients for an uninterrupted afternoon of reading: a short length, a brisk pace, and prose that strikes the balance between lyrical and sparse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Homophobia

Minor: Miscarriage

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Stalking

Minor: Death, War, Violence, Racism, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Blood, Cursing, and Xenophobia

leonormsousa's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Grief, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Miscarriage, and Lesbophobia

ikristinaj's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racism, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

mondayxius's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Miscarriage

nocturnath's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.25

(I'm editing my score from 3.75 to a 4.25. After thinking about it a little bit more and learning more about Truman Capote, I actually appreciate Breakfast at Tiffany's more... and have become more iffy regarding the movie)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia and Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug use and Miscarriage

danah_kmt's review

fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage

bill369's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

For some reason, I decided to read another of Capote's works.

I like how free-spirited Holly is. But overall I don't really care for the characters.

The writer „Fred“ is in love with Holly and gives us insight into Holly's crazy life.

Page 20, at least a little bit.
 

Lidi si samozřejmě mysleli, že jistě jsem taky teplá. A to se ví, že jsem. Jako každý: aspoň trochu. No, a co?

 

I liked the end because it was realistic and made the whole book make more sense.

I could get around without reading this book but it wasn't horrible.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Toxic friendship

Minor: War, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Police brutality