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lilaceous's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
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
2.0
characters - .5⭐️
plot - .5⭐️
engaging to read - ⭐️
would recommend -
would read again -
super quick read. left me feeling icky. i wanted holly to shine and she just doesn’t.
that being said, the final story of this collection was quite sweet and moving.
super quick read. left me feeling icky. i wanted holly to shine and she just doesn’t.
that being said, the final story of this collection was quite sweet and moving.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Lesbophobia
sfx_naike's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Racism, Drug use, Stalking, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, and Alcoholism
jacobmarley's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Racism, Alcohol, and Racial slurs
katherineellen's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
“If I could find a real life place like Tiffany’s, then I’d buy some furniture and give the cat a name.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
ukponge's review against another edition
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
mulders's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
reflective
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
5.0
I loved her enough to forget myself, my self-pitying despairs, and be content that something she thought happy was going to happen.
How I adore Truman Capote. My love affair with Breakfast at Tiffany's began on a transatlantic flight, Frankfurt to California, when I was about 14. I watched the film, transfixed by the colours and music and romance of it, despite never having been much of a rom-com fan. I was enamoured with Audrey in her role, I loved the cat, and I loved the simple beauty of lines such as "I’ll tell you one thing, Fred, darling… I’d marry you for your money in a minute. Would you marry me for my money?" / "In a minute." / "I guess it’s pretty lucky neither of us is rich, huh?" Which is why it may be surprising that I am grateful such an exchange was never uttered in the book, and why you can trust me when I say it is so infinitely better than the film adaptation.
The love story in the novel is a different, in my eyes deeper, truer kind of love; the unconditional kind that comes from a true friend, the kind whose only expectation is that same kind of care and tenderness in return. As wonderful as Audrey is, the Holly of the book is something else entirely. She is almost more alive on the page than she is on the screen. She's vibrant and funny and tragic and brave. Where Audrey's Holly is poised, book-Holly has an unruly childishness to her, a quality that at once shows fragility and strength. She is, in many ways, just a kid, and your heart goes out to and breaks for her. In that way we as the readers are much like the narrator; unlike in the film, where Paul sets out to tame a wild party girl with romantic love and belonging to one another, the book's narrator simply sees Holly for what she is, and loves her fiercely for it, and does not want anything with keeping or taming or belonging; simply to love, protect, and be loved back. That same kind of protectiveness comes over the reader when faced with Holly's character, with the depth of her beauty and her grief. She is not the stunning socialite from the screen, she's just a girl trying her hardest to survive. As is said within the book itself, “You've got to be sensitive to appreciate her: a streak of the poet”. The ending of the novel differs from the film as well; there is no picture-perfect, happily ever after. Instead it is real and bittersweet and hopeful and pinches your heart in a way that I think stays with you much, much longer.
But you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That's how you'll end up, Mr. Bell. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Death, Antisemitism, Miscarriage, and Racial slurs
gcoulsxn's review against another edition
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Miscarriage
soph1768's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
yaelm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
After listening to the “Totally Trans” episode dedicated to the book (Thanks, Lior Mali, for the Rec) I love it way more. It’s not an “unproblematic” book (racism, slurs etc’) but it may be attributed to the narrator if one wants.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: War
heydannyboy's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism