Remember the murder in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959? Not many people do. In the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, good light is shone on this subject. Though this book explains the homicide of the Clutter family, is it a good read? This book goes into great detail of a homicide, and events leading to it. Though well written in parts, it’s not a good read for a younger audience.
This book isn’t for younger readers for many reasons. For example, this book is very descriptive, but sometimes it’s too descriptive. So descriptive, that it’s almost boring. It described the city of Holcomb, Kansas in 3 pages. The story line is also very choppy. It changes point of view, unannounced all of the time. However, the main ideas in this book