The non-fiction book In
Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a meandering tale describing the brutal
deaths of four innocent souls and the exploits of their deranged murderers in
the American mid-west of 1959.
I found it to be a dull
story with an extensive portion of the text that seemed to be used simply
to set the stage for the resolution. While the ending made for an interesting
psychological tale depicting the results of abuse and trauma, for me, it
could not make up for the disappointing introduction.
I personally would not
recommend this book to my friends; however, someone who has a deep interest
into psychological stories may find it interesting. My main issue with the story was the writing
style. It was often difficult to determine which of the many characters’
perspectives the author was writing from and I found the descriptive details to
be excessive; the build-up to the
resolution took 200 pages. This is a book that I will not be reading a second
time.
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