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Liked It “One of my favourite books! Gothic in a quiet way casting weird characters.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “After reading "In Cold Blood," I was quite excited to read "Other Voices." It was a letdown. |
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0 of 1 members found this review helpful“Master's Degree -- English 630: American Gothic - A very strange, weird book.”
Wendy Bell wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“One of my favourite books! Gothic in a quiet way casting weird characters.”
Emilie C wrote this review Wednesday, September 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wow. This has got to be one of the most beautifuly worded books I have ever read. It was sheer poetry at times. A dark story made somehow beautiful. ”
Sara wrote this review Saturday, August 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I like the Southern gothic atmosphere and quirky characters.
Linda Z wrote this review Wednesday, June 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“This is the first book I read by Truman Capote. It is about a young boy who goes to live with his dying father in an isolated place in the deep south. The characters he lives with and meets are really strange, grotesque. The mansion where he stays is a vestige of a once-glorious South, and it is deteriorating just as the characters are on a steep decline. Thus it is a genre of Southern Gothic. Capote's writing style is mysterious, haunting and beautiful. I really want to read more by him. ”
Brenna Corbit wrote this review Monday, October 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“After reading "In Cold Blood," I was quite excited to read "Other Voices." It was a letdown.
Marie wrote this review Sunday, July 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This is supposed to be a very innovative first novel from a great "new" author. I think the main innovation is the fact of the openly homosexual character, which I imagine was bold and adventurous at the time. This resulted, in my opinion, in this book being overrated.
It is mildly interesting and has a hypnotic sort of mindset that typifies southern gothic style. It is not, however, breathtaking or mindblowing. Kind of average.”
“This book is so haunting 40 years or more since I first read it, I feel like it was a dream I had last night. He hit something deep, scary and true. Not much better in fiction according to me.”
Connie M wrote this review Sunday, January 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“There's something about this novel that I really love. The characters are very interesting individually but in combination they create a terrific synergy. I tried to read it without thinking about Capote as a person, treating the main character as though he weren't the author's alter ego, and I think that's the best way to enjoy this novel. Not that I didn't like Capote, what little I know of him, he was one of my favorites on television and I'm sorry for the way he hit that downward spiral, so for me seeing the young character through fresh eyes helped quite a bit.”
JPDellova wrote this review Saturday, December 22 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
3 of 4 members found this review helpful“Young, precocious Capote's wow-'em debut. Not my favorite, but maybe the best Southern Gothic transvestite novel ever written. More successful as a piece of personal publicity (with an infamously pedophiliac jacket photo of the author) than as a novel. ”
Lord Manleigh wrote this review Friday, December 21 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It's just unbelievable that a man in his early 20's wrote this. It's ghostly and sullen - just like the boy on its cover. It's not nearly the best of his work, but it'll be a long time before a young author breaks into the scene with such a moving novel. ”
Angela L wrote this review Thursday, December 13 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
