Scan barcode
a_gillie's review
funny
reflective
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
3.5
After loathing Breakfast at Tiffany’s, I was pleasantly surprised by this. The prose was beautiful (if sometimes over-written) and the story was engaging. Capote’s obvious love of his characters shines through. He was only 19 when he wrote this and there is a definite unpolished, youthful quality to the storytelling, but I found this charming rather than off-putting. A very quick read, it was only the unsatisfying and unclear ending that failed for me.
hcube3's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
krmm20's review against another edition
medium-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? Yes
4.0
jjyauch's review against another edition
2.0
Some unpublished works should stay unpublished. I liked it, but its definitely a first draft that wasn't polished.
aldoverr'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
3.75
flordelmal's review against another edition
2.0
nunca en mi puta vida había odiado tanto el proceso de leer un libro
katscribefever's review against another edition
4.0
As someone who wouldn't call herself Truman Capote's number one fan, I was surprised when I found myself feeling a near-instant affection for and kinship with the young female protagonist of Summer Crossing, Capote's first novel. This protagonist is seventeen-year-old Grady, whose parents head off for the summer while she is left unsupervised in their Fifth Avenue penthouse and the city that surrounds it. As the days and weeks pass, the reader is allowed open access to the private thoughts and feelings Grady has about her burgeoning existential awareness. As is only to be expected, these cause the story to take on a somewhat cheerless tone, particularly for a novel that boasts the word "summer" in the title--but naturally it is exactly the novel's "gray for the summer" tones which guaranteed my love of it.
ckjaer88's review against another edition
3.0
I've got mixed feelings about this one, but all in all I liked it.