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Erin
Jul 10, 2014 rated it it was ok
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Oh, book, you sounded so promising.....Triangle Shirtwaist fire, museum of oddities, the Dreamland fire, but despite some lovely passages ("Names don't matter. Our God knows how to call us to him when he wants us" "The steel skeletons of the rides still being constructed were silver in the dark. I imagined they shivered in anticipation of all they would become," and "[Mitts] was to be his master's companion, and in doing so he became himself, the essence of a dog.") I was.....well, bored.

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Jennifer
Feb 27, 2017 rated it liked it
Ok. But can't get into books about freak shows anymore. ...more
Natalie Cummings
Nov 03, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Aug 09, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Oct 23, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Apr 28, 2023 marked it as to-read
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