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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
The prose was beautiful but the story is dark and confusing. If you want a happy ending don't read Capote!
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Read with #literosqueerbookclub
#bookclub4m American Gothic. I liked Idabel. Also "a product of it's time" as they say re: gender and race stuff that will probably make the reader feel pretty questionable.
3.5
I really enjoyed Capote's poetic prose and interesting characters, but this book felt unfinished. Towards the end, the story seemed too rushed and things started to make less and less sense. Perhaps that part was written earlier or later than the rest of the book, because it did seem detached from the rest of the story.
Since this is considered Capote's first novel and my first Capote, this is definitely not the last book of his that I will read.
I really enjoyed Capote's poetic prose and interesting characters, but this book felt unfinished. Towards the end, the story seemed too rushed and things started to make less and less sense. Perhaps that part was written earlier or later than the rest of the book, because it did seem detached from the rest of the story.
Since this is considered Capote's first novel and my first Capote, this is definitely not the last book of his that I will read.
dark
emotional
reflective
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
La historia de un chico de trece años que poco a poco va dejando la niñez gracias a personajes solitarios, con sueño rotos, que viven de ilusiones pasadas. Aprendiendo que el ser humano es un ente solitario que busca amor a cada paso que da.
Other Voices, Other Rooms is a complicated exploration of adolescent sexuality through the lens of the Southern Gothic. It's messy and problematic and unsettling and dazzling. Regardless of what we make of this novel--I'll leave that to others perhaps more qualified than me to judge--Capote remains one of the best pure craftsmen the English language has ever known.
Another voice in the Southern Gothic canon, interesting narration and different choice of subject matter in each story.
Beautifully written, capote weaves his sentences magically and always with a hint of southern gentility. It's hard to call it a coming to age story. I feel I missed a lot and quite can't capture the point of the story. Im goinh to have to read it again to capture all its meaning.
This book was eerie and dark and wonderful. I enjoyed it far more than I had expected. Capote's characters are deeply confusing and also incredibly relateable, which is a strange and uncommon mix. I read this for a class, but I'm glad to have read it.