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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

53 reviews

amotoquinha's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Racism, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

vireoeo's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

I went into this book curious about the origins of modern true crime, and came out of it with a lot of complicated and unexpected emotions. This book bounces around between a half-dozen stories throughout time, which is one of my favorite narrative devices and is executed really well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Rape

reiley_61's review against another edition

informative mysterious slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, and Cursing

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

bcooper21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Grief, Mental illness, Cancer, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Car accident

emilyhcox's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

Capote’s prose is masterful, but the non-fiction aspect was handled in a way I don’t find responsible, and I think that, as one of the first major modern true crime media “sensations”, In Cold Blood embodies many of the same problems that true crime media, particularly dramatizations, maintains today. I don’t dislike Capote, and in fact I quite like his writing for the most part, but I couldn’t in good conscience give this book a wholly glowing review. There would still be issues if I looked at it the way one looks at fiction, but monumentally less — that said, it is not purely fiction, and I can’t look at this novel & not be acutely aware of the fact that these were real people & the facts were embellished in ways that can’t really be brushed off, in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Mental illness, Death, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, War, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Grief

terrificarno's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, and Pedophilia

ljwrites85's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

I've heard so many people recommend In Cold Blood if you love true crime and I got a copy out from my library recently.

I knew nothing about the murder of the Clutter family in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas before reading this novel and I think you don't really need to, to appreciate the novel.

The novel's tone was dark, gritty and, at times, disturbing. Be warned, there are several racial slurs and misogyny throughout the book.  

I understand why it's seen as a 'classic' within the true crime genre. The writing itself while talking about such gruesome things is almost poetic, with insights into both the Clutter family's minds and the killers expertly built up from interviews and news articles. I can admire how much work and time to compile it.

All that being said, the pace started off well, then became almost achingly slow with a lot of details that I thought were unnecessary.

For instance, after the pair of killers were caught, there's an entire section about their incarceration and the other killers who were on death row with them.

That being said, if you have an interest in true crime or the psychology of killers, I would still recommend you read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Violence

dudajoia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Na introdução da minha edição, quando eu li que o Capote se gabava de ter escrito uma obra-prima, fiquei com um pé atrás com ele, e no fundo quis provar que o livro não era tudo isso. Mas pior que é. Você demora a se acostumar com o ritmo e as descrições muito bem detalhadas de tudo envolto na trama, mas logo cada menção mostra o seu propósito, com o talento e o domínio de texto do Capote piscando o olho pra você. Não esperava o tamanho respeito no texto que (apesar das discussões) afirma ser o primeiro de seu tipo, digo isso depois de consumir muito "true crime". A humanidade latente das páginas toma a sua atenção e seu fôlego como reféns, o que não é fácil para uma história tão cruel e tão triste como essa. Ele é excelente ao mostrar todas as pequenas sombras, as sutilezas, as ironias e o absurdo de tudo isso. Jornalismo literário em excelência. Quanto às críticas, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death and Homophobia

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Violence, Confinement, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence