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alex_watkins's review against another edition
4.0
Picked this up randomly at NYPL's graphic novel section. Pretty good I will say. This whole thing still seems a little played out what with all the movies, but I still think this was a worthwhile addition. It probably could have been longer and deeper. Nice drawings and well written dialogue.
iceberg0's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting look into the creative process of a writing genius. Tells the story of Capote as he researches and writes In Cold Blood. Fascinating.
zare_i's review against another edition
4.0
First and foremost this is not retelling of Truman Capote's book about gruesome murder of entire family in 1959. Goal here is to present the Capote, novelist and story writer from New York as he tries to talk with the both police and incarcerated murderers in Kansas to collect the materiel necessary to write one of his most famous books - "In Cold Blood". Capote with his extravagant clothes and big-city attitude was so much out of place in Kansas that it took some time for him to acclimatize and finally be able to openly talk about the murders with police, people in the city and murderers themselves. Faced with gruesomeness of the murder itself and grief of relatives and friends of murdered family Capote was scarred forever.
Authors decided to concentrate on Capote himself. To do this they removed from the picture people that worked very closely with Capote (especially here I mean Harper Lee) and concentrate solely on Truman.
With this approach the investigation of the murder is put out of the focus in this graphic novel- as a matter of fact if you don't know anything about the case you will definitely be puzzled. This is story of Capote and his internal struggle with murder and everything around it. Everything else is removed.
Art is very good and manages to present the reader with those minutiae that are essential for a story like this but often present quite a challenge for the graphic presentation.
So if you are looking for investigative journalism like story this will not be it. If you are looking for a insight into the psyche of a very interesting person then this is book for you.
Authors decided to concentrate on Capote himself. To do this they removed from the picture people that worked very closely with Capote (especially here I mean Harper Lee) and concentrate solely on Truman.
With this approach the investigation of the murder is put out of the focus in this graphic novel- as a matter of fact if you don't know anything about the case you will definitely be puzzled. This is story of Capote and his internal struggle with murder and everything around it. Everything else is removed.
Art is very good and manages to present the reader with those minutiae that are essential for a story like this but often present quite a challenge for the graphic presentation.
So if you are looking for investigative journalism like story this will not be it. If you are looking for a insight into the psyche of a very interesting person then this is book for you.
mg_libros's review against another edition
2.0
Empecé muy entusiasmada pero se me ha ido pasando. Pasa muy de puntillas por todo el proceso de creación de A sangre fría. Flojito.
gabopagan's review against another edition
5.0
Sharp. Loved this book. Fantastic art, great writing. Original take on this well covered period in Capote's life. Well worth reading.
bluenicorn's review against another edition
2.0
This just didn't feel like it added much to the well-trod conversation of Capote and In Cold Blood . Also, I didn't understand that Nancy was the dead girl for way longer than I'd like to admit- I didn't feel like her character was introduced or distinguishable from the other female characters very well. Or Harper Lee- why was she there? It wasn't bad- but I just didn't think it was all that great.
mg_espi's review against another edition
2.0
Empecé muy entusiasmada pero se me ha ido pasando. Pasa muy de puntillas por todo el proceso de creación de A sangre fría. Flojito.
eberico's review against another edition
3.0
A solidly researched and written graphic novel version of Truman Capote's time in Kansas while working on [b:In Cold Blood|168642|In Cold Blood|Truman Capote|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71T99157VEL._SL75_.gif|1940709]. I'm not sure if the graphic novel adds much to the story - other than the device of Capote's imagined relationship with Nancy Clutter - or covers territory that wasn't already done masterfully in the 2005 movie based on the same events. Regardless, it's well done, and I enjoyed the quick read.
sylvia_p77's review against another edition
3.0
The drawings were beautiful, but I don't care for the way the story is told.