A review by applejuicechugger7
Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote

1.0

Should have left this one in the drafts, babe. Or at least let someone else read through it.

Capote dumps his teenage angst, fantasies, and moodiness in this one.

Any mildly-interesting storyline or character is ignored in favor of telling us about homeboy moping around the sinking mud palace.

I get it, “there’s underlying themes and messages” “the house represents—” girl I know what the house is!

I believe this falls into the category of “it’s not perfect, but there are whispers of superb writing.” Capote does have his FEW moments of clarity. The whole ‘God, let me be loved’ line did make me tear up. But I wasted tears on that line when the rest of the story fell flat. Dude really thinks he’s Virginia Woolf.

Let’s be honest. Capote shows a whisker of potential here, but this one is so green. Capote’s farting into the wind and people are eating (sniffing?) it up!!!

Not really worth skimming through.

1/2 ⭐️