Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote, was a name that rang a bell at first. This book was constantly focused on glamour in the 1940's along with the main character, Holiday Golightly. Holiday, who went by Holly most of the book, was all about how she looked and loved a Jewelry store named Tiffany's. Hence the book title Breakfast at Tiffany's. Tiffany's was THE place to buy your jewelry in the book, and is where Holly would enjoy being. The most interesting parts of the book is the difficulty of keeping up with the romance. Miss Golightly was always involved with any guy that thought she was a catch. The most frustrating thing for me while I read the book was attempting to grasp the language Truman Capote uses. I would find myself re-reading sentences, something even paragraphs, to get at least a little understanding of what the author is writing. The other thing that could not have upset me more was the ending. I won't spoil it, but it frustrated me a lot, there was name calling and it was kind of a mess. After I read the book I found the movie on Netflix and watched it, the book and the movie have huge differences. There were a couple exact lines that were in the book but the differences were big. I actually thought the movie was very cute. A golden line form this book that brought emotion to you just by reading it was in the second paragraph of page four, "I was sorry I'd said it; it disconcerted him. He scooped up the photographs and put them back in their envelope. I looked at my at my watch. I hadn't any place to go, but I thought it was better to leave."
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