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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My least favorite of Capote's books. While it was very descriptive, which I love, he didn't make me like any of the characters.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
slow-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So, it turns out I've had a total misconception about this book for several years. I first heard this title when one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Nancy Griffith, named an album after this book. On the album she sang other songwriters' songs. I, for some unknown reason, just assumed this was a book of short stories. I don't know why I assumed that, I just did. It's not.
Anyway, besides not being what I expected, it is a classic for several reasons including exquisite writing and having a queer child as a protagonist.
Recommended.
Anyway, besides not being what I expected, it is a classic for several reasons including exquisite writing and having a queer child as a protagonist.
Recommended.
This is my first Capote! I really loved this entire book until the very last chapter. I felt like we took a sharp left into surrealism that was disorienting and confusing but also still interesting? However, I like the rest of this book so much that it's still five stars from me. I think I'm just a sucker for Southern Gothic coming-of-age stories. All of these characters were memorable, and there are two names in particular that are just spectacular- Jesus Fever and Missouri "Zoo" Fever. There were several instances of just amazing writing that really got to me.
But there was no prayer in Joel's mind; rather, nothing a net of words could capture, for, with one exception, all his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil paints. Only how, how, could you say something so indefinite, so meaningless as this: God, let me be loved.
But there was no prayer in Joel's mind; rather, nothing a net of words could capture, for, with one exception, all his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil paints. Only how, how, could you say something so indefinite, so meaningless as this: God, let me be loved.