A review by laurenscholle
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

5.0

I’ve heard endless things about this novel being the birth of true crime non fiction and it didn’t disappoint. There were some parts that drug on and it took a minute to get used to Capote’s narrative style, but the second that I did, I was hooked. Some of the reviews mention the boringness or mundanity of talking about every player in Holcomb, but that is what made the book so compelling to me. True crime can often times focus too little on the victims and too much on the perpetrators (the fourth part of the book did focus a lot on Smith and Hicock) but Capote paints Holcomb and its residences so endearingly. I can see why so many people reference this as a true crime staple.