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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
The book only get interesting after 200 pages and that is only downside of the book. The details are chilling and not for faint hearted.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
This was definitely hard to read at times, but it was great.
In Cold Blood tells the story of what one murder does to an entire community of people. Capote successfully weaves together the perspectives of the Clutters, the murderers and the community to put together this holistic view of these murders.
In Cold Blood is definitely a story of murder and tragedy but also one of human nature and psychology.
In Cold Blood is definitely a story of murder and tragedy but also one of human nature and psychology.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
After reading this book, I can see how this has endured the test of time. The way that the author is able to craft this nonfiction narrative in such a way that it often reads like fiction. The way that he first set the stage and the characters before introducing the murders that brought all of these individual pieces together. There was a level of care given to portraying the lives of these murderers. In a way that did not glorify their actions. The author was also deliberate in making sure that the reader did not forget who were the true victims in this case. By highlighting those victims and who they were outside of the brutality that they experienced. This book really took you into the psychology of a killer. How if circumstances were equal, these individuals could’ve led completely different uneventful lives. But the things that they endured were catalysts and because they were never addressed, they became triggers that inevitably led them down that path. It almost left me sympathizing with them (at least when it comes to the idea of capital punishment). How can jails claim rehabilitation is the goal, when solitary confinement and capital punishment are tools of the trade? This story hinted at the difficulty of separating church and state. How people who claim to be Christian are quick to choose retribution and swift justice versus forgiveness (which is what Jesus desires). That offering restraint and empathy require more fortitude to stand by your convictions. The author also showed how unlikely bonds formed between people that, on paper, shouldn’t be able to. And how even coming from a “good” background doesn’t preclude you from committing crimes. And most importantly, that after the cameras and the newspapers leave, and after the the dust has settled, there is still a family and community left to deal with the aftermath. That life still continues on. And the jury for this case had to decide for themselves which decision was the one that they could live with. And each reader, after getting to know these murderers on a more intimate level, had to decide for themselves if they could make the same decision the jurors did. Even with the added background information that the jury wasn’t privy to and advancements in social work and mental illness, would readers’ conclusions be that different from the jury at the time? How the story was presented and the questions that it brought out of me is what makes this such a fantastic read.