What I did not like about the story
- The only minus was the complexity of narrator's language. Of course the eloquence and elegance of the author's style is a great advantage, but my English is not so good to enjoy the sophisticated metaphors. So that minus is adressed rather to me than the author
What I liked about the story
- Realism. Capote's story is chilling mostly because it is true. You could just smell and feel the warmth of the Clutter home, the fresh farm air, the coziness of the farm home and afterward scent of gun powder and blood as you just stand there.
- Novelty of style. This book is neither who-did-it nor what-for, it's not like any other detectives, I didnt expect nothing of that kind. Capote has hade an absolutely new genre (later it was labled new journalism)
- It has many different angles and ideas. So your opinion and point of view diametrically change throughout the story from falling in love with this family living the аmerican dream and thirst for revenge their killers to absolute confusion and pity for murderer
- It's also interesing to see how the tragedy effected on the town, how they found themselves distrusting their own neighbors. It is an honest and eye-opening account how tragedy and fear displays people's worst qualities.
- The only minus was the complexity of narrator's language. Of course the eloquence and elegance of the author's style is a great advantage, but my English is not so good to enjoy the sophisticated metaphors. So that minus is adressed rather to me than the author
What I liked about the story
- Realism. Capote's story is chilling mostly because it is true. You could just smell and feel the warmth of the Clutter home, the fresh farm air, the coziness of the farm home and afterward scent of gun powder and blood as you just stand there.
- Novelty of style. This book is neither who-did-it nor what-for, it's not like any other detectives, I didnt expect nothing of that kind. Capote has hade an absolutely new genre (later it was labled new journalism)
- It has many different angles and ideas. So your opinion and point of view diametrically change throughout the story from falling in love with this family living the аmerican dream and thirst for revenge their killers to absolute confusion and pity for murderer
- It's also interesing to see how the tragedy effected on the town, how they found themselves distrusting their own neighbors. It is an honest and eye-opening account how tragedy and fear displays people's worst qualities.
