Review: Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories

Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I first read this book when I was in high school. I also watched the DVD after I finished reading it. I finished reading this book on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

View all my reviews

☕️ Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

We are going for books set in NYC this year because we are going to New York in October 2026. Ale wanted a book set in the 1900s, so I went to this Best New York Novels book list: 

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1240.Best_New_York_Novels

This book was in that list, and I just so happened to have it on my physical bookshelf. I have been wanting to read this book again. Ale said that this was the one. I bought a copy of this book on an online book thrifting website. Ale will read from a library copy. I first read this book when I was in high school. I also watched the DVD after I finished reading the book. I have been meaning to read this book, so I am glad when Ale chose this book for our second book for the Summer of 2026.

---

“...my voice a little shaky with a combination of stage fright and enthusiasm” (17).

This is a quote I underlined when I first read it.

“At any rate she no longer rang my bell. I missed that; and as the days merged I began to feel toward her certain far-fetched resentments, as if I were being neglected by my closest friend. A disquieting loneliness came into my life, but it induced no hunger for friends of longer acquaintance: they seemed now like a salt-free, sugarless diet” (23).

“...then moseyed across the Brooklyn Bridge, and on the bridge, as we watched seaward-moving ships pass between the cliffs of burning skyline, she said: ‘Years from now, years and years, one of those ships will bring me back, me and my nine Brazilian brats. Because yes, they must see this, these lights, the river—I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it’” (67).

I ♥️ NY!

* I thought that it was funny when the narrator said that the wind spanked their faces.

* Overall, I don’t remember a lot of this from when I first read it in high school. I knew the general premise of this story, but the pages were new to me. This popular story is problematic with some words used. The story was about finding yourself and seeing where you belong and I guess about Holly and the narrator, who we never knew the true name of. I wouldn’t read it again, but I’m glad I read it.