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The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson,

Tony Goldwyn (Narrator)

Start date: January 1, 2017

Finish date: January 31, 2017

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Why we're reading this: January's voted on book theme/topic is True Crime. …more
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Oct 24, 2016 Ammar rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2016

The book which is a narrative non fiction describes the circumstances around the building of the Columbus Fair in 1893 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World.

The narrative is parallel between the Fair and the Criminal. The Fair being the architects, the masterminds, the bureaucracy behind the Fair and its building in Chicago.

The Criminal being H.H. Holmes: America's first serial killer, who built a hotel in Chicago around the Fair time and many checked it and ne ...more

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May 23, 2011 Sarah Suzy rated it really liked it

Truly fascinating in so many aspects. It really makes me want to discover more stories of events and times in our country's history. I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like to visit the world's fair. And then the story of the fair's serial killer...

Worth the read for sure! ...more

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Apr 26, 2018 Cam rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I’m over it!!!! This genre is new to me.... this has way to much back story!!!! I ended up skimming through the book that only talked about Holmes. Which the book could have been summed up in 50 pages without the back stories.

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Jan 01, 2021 Lindsay rated it did not like it · review of another edition

DNF. The opening started off a little dry and boring, and it did not get better. I think I had different expectations about what this book would be like.

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