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Summary: AWESOME SO FAR- A MUST READ
Review: Most of the on-line reviews have said that most of us have had to read this book for school. The one thing I found different was that I have to read it for school, but I am only going into ninth grade, most of you have said you had to read it for avanced English classes, 10th grade summer reading, etc. However I liked the book just as much, though I still have the last part left. I think it will be a book that I am willing to read again and would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: so far so good
Review: I just started reading this for my summer reading book for 11th grade English. I must say the juxtaposition in the beginning was new and led my first impression of Capote's style to be captivating. From other reviews I have read on this book, it sounds like "The Stranger" by Albert Camus- with the whole learn about the killer before you know their crime. Motives are also unleashed in both books. In addition, feelings on capital punishment can be altered (even if staunch)due to the psychoanalazations of the criminal minds.
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Summary: Despicable humanization of killers -- read Atlas Shrugged
Review: This book is not worth the paper on which it is printed. It details the actions of a pair of brutal killers with the implicit view that these killers were not that bad, and that they should not be viewed as the inhuman, mindless brutes that they are. The two murderers are "humanized" to the point of inducing a violent nausea in a despicable attempt to elicit pity from the reader.I read this book in my English class, and I could not believe how successful Capote's attempt at pity was. When I was not trying to remind the rest of the class that these two monsters brutally murdered an innocent family, I was sitting with my mouth agape listening to their petty, incoherent, erroneous rationalizations. Please do not be fooled by Capote... these two killers do not deserve your pity -- they do not even deserve to be called "human." For a book that glorifies man, I suggest the masterpiece by Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged. Miss Rand presents man as heroic being who is capable of dealing with reality. Although one may cringe when one looks at Atlas Shrugged (it is almost 1100 pages), one will be wishing for more by the end.
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Summary: like jj walker once said "dynomite"
Review: A real family read, full of little twists and turns; little kids will love it, old folks will clamor for more..you'll want an encore of this story of white trash gone bad....REAL BAD. Murder, Mayhem, and not one real explanation for any of it. Check this bad-boy out!
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Summary: Haunting, compelling, and beautifully written
Review: What strikes me most is that Truman Capote is a beautiful writer. That he can take such a horrible crime and write about it so evocatively just stunned me as I read. I am looking forward to reading more of his work.
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Summary: Simply awe-inspiring
Review: If you remember Truman Capote, you'll wonder just how such a masterpiece of American pensmanship could come from somone who theretofore had no greater impact on American culture than a Tasty Freeze. But hold onto your seats! Truman takes us on a wacky ride with Dick and Perry, two particularly odious specimens of trailer trash who think nothing of wiping out an entire family of farmers. Truman tries to get you to feel sorry for Perry, recounting his abysmal childhood,etc. But really and truly, the man massacred innocent, defenseless people. I wish the book had a non-fiction addendum where kansans offered their thoughts of New York City-transplant Capote wandering the high wheat plains, ferreting out this wild and wooly dramedy. That would be the only thing stranger than the Dick and Perry follies.
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Summary: Capote Offers Much in an Amazingly Detailed Account
Review: While Capote's work offers a deep and involving plot to any reader in search of a entertaining yet thought-provoking story, it is the lengths to which Capote goes which leave In Cold Blood a few steps ahead of a simple account of crime and its consequences. Other than offering the simple story, the author went beyond my expectations in delivering an amazingly comprehensive psycological analysis of the killers, explaining the possible reasons behind such an appalling crime. I heard that the author spend around six years researching the Clutter case in order to write the account, and it definitely shows. Capote incorportates massive amounts of detail, yet this added information does prove to be too much for the reader. The author skillfuly informs while simultaniously drawing the reader's attention further into the grip of the story. Also to be commended is Capote's inclusion of the trial and punishment of the two men. I would recommend to anyone this book before he or she forms a truly concrete opinion of capital punishment, as the author sheds a detracted, yet sympathetic, but also somewhat vengeful light upon the operation of our capital punishment system. This harrowing account of American crime is definitely a must.
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Summary: Could be better
Review: While the point of view was interesting and different, i thought that the story was way too top-heavy. The endless flood of details at first added to the book, but eventually seemed to drag it down. The way he describes his characters, though is really well done, making us feel sorry for Perry and being able to understand him. But otherwise, it seemed to be a rather dry book.
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Summary: What a marvelously constructed story.
Review: Having just finished Capote's In Cold Blood, I can honestly say that it is one of the most facinating novels I have ever read. The way in which he reconstructs the people and events of Holcomb, Kansas give the reader a feeling of witnessing the crime and the subsequent search. Perhaps what I found most compelling about the novel was the authors ability to depict the two Kansas killers in such a way that the reader almost feels sorry for them. After completing the book, I was torn between digust for their deed and pity for their circumstances. A truly worthwhile read.
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Summary: Great non-fiction writing.
Review: Excellent writing style. True crime can often be boring and a mere chronology of the facts, but Capote has excellent style. I gave it a four and not a five because I thought that Part II-Person Unknown was just a tad slow.
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