Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories in DC Public Library

May 01, 2008 Meg - A Bookish Affair rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, classics, 2009

This book contained four short stories by Capote. I initially bought the book for the story, Breakfast at Tiffany's but was thrilled by the story, The Christmas Wish. It's a beautiful story and this collection is worth reading simply based on that story alone. ...more

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Sep 27, 2011 joey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: gift-i-gave, fiction

"But that's not why I'm mad about Breakfast at Tiffany's. Listen. You know those days when you've got the mean reds?"

"Same as the blues?"

"No," I said slowly. "No, the blues are because you're getting fat or maybe it's been raining too long. You're sad, that's all. But the mean reds are horrible. You're afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don't know what you're afraid of. Except something bad is going to happen, only you don't know what it is. You've had that feeling?"

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Dec 06, 2017 Molly rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017

Having not seem the movie, I went into Breakfast at Tiffany's with an open mind, and no previous attachment to the sanitized Hepburn version of Holly Golightly. Turns out the book version of her character is pretty awful. The writing is great, she's just unlikable. Having now seen the movie I think it's a stretch for the versions of Holly to even have the same name - the stories are completely different. If you hated the movie, try the book?

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Nov 24, 2010 Katie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

While I liked all of the short stories, I really only go back to this book to read Breakfast at Tiffanys again. Do NOT expect this to be like the movie with Audrey Hepburn. There is love in the story but not of the romantic kind. The story is told more out of affection the narrator has for the quirky heroine then out declarations in the rain kind of love. The novella is about Holly Golightly and she is even more fascinating a character in Capote's words as she was played by Audrey Hepburn in fil ...more

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