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I was more interested in the H.H. Holmes storyline rather than the stuff about the building of the "White City" for the Chicago's World Fair, even though there was some connection between the two. The story about the building of "White City" seemed to be full of details that I honestly really didn't care about. The H.H. Holmes story line was the reason that I picked up the book, as I had heard about him through a podcast on Stuff You Missed in History Class a ...more
I was more interested in the H.H. Holmes storyline rather than the stuff about the building of the "White City" for the Chicago's World Fair, even though there was some connection between the two. The story about the building of "White City" seemed to be full of details that I honestly really didn't care about. The H.H. Holmes story line was the reason that I picked up the book, as I had heard about him through a podcast on Stuff You Missed in History Class a ...more
I really didn't see why this book is supposed to be so great. It's well researched and full of (mostly) interesting information but the author really fails to pull together a compelling storyline that takes you through the book. The first part of the book laying the groundwork was good, but then it really lost me.
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Sep 08, 2015
Julia
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Read it a long time ago. Didn't love it, but finished it so it couldn't have been too bad.
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Dec 09, 2010
Erica
marked it as to-read
Feb 14, 2012
Julie C.
marked it as to-read
Jun 07, 2013
Melissa & Andrew Richner
marked it as to-read
Apr 14, 2015
Maria
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Jun 27, 2015
Cindy Bokma
marked it as to-read
Jul 03, 2016
Shelby
marked it as didn-t-finish
