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Hey! Lets write a book about Ted Bundy and the history of the VW Beetle. We will start with the invention of the wheel and then ad nauseum describe every single step! I mean he drove a VW, so the stories have to interrelate right?!
This was my first book by this author and having an interest in psychology and history, I was excited to read it.
I found this book to be like a very, very, veryyyyy, dry, overly descriptive, text book with its content heavily laden with historical quotes, and excerpts ...more
This was my first book by this author and having an interest in psychology and history, I was excited to read it.
I found this book to be like a very, very, veryyyyy, dry, overly descriptive, text book with its content heavily laden with historical quotes, and excerpts ...more
A re-read for me. Re-read because my husband was reading it for the first time. I just love this book. Erik Larson is one of my favorite nonfiction writers and this is his best. It reads like a thriller but with interesting historical detail after detail. The contrast of Holmes and Burnham is almost too unbelievable to be true and is perfectly rendered and paced here.
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it was amazing
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