Breakfast at Tiffany’s on its own would get 3 stars from me. I definitely think it’s overhyped, even though the characters are fairly interesting. It just doesn’t have the depth needed to make it a great novel/novella but is too long for a good short story.

And short stories is where it’s at with Truman Capote for me. My version of the book contains the stories “House of Flowers” (4 stars), “A Diamond Guitar” (4 stars) and “A Christmas Memory” (5 stars) which bump up the overall rating but make Breakfast at Tiffany’s pale in comparison. At a fraction of the length they offer moving and thought provoking stories with characters of surprising depth.