David > Recent Status Updates

The writing isn't always the best but I like it.

Surprisingly vulgar given the time period but I love this era and the references to the people in it. Not at all familiar with the Red Virgin.

Odd that less than a month ago I was reading about the Chicago World Fair and now I'm reading one set at the previous World Fair in Paris. It's interesting thus far. Introduce Oscar, already!

Finished the story. Just a teaser for his next book left. Cute and funny story. So glad it ended the way it did.

Over-the-top goofy fun. Only complaint is Cameron feels less mature than his age.

Starts out on a bad foot with some silly stereotyping, but it's start to get more interesting as it progresses.

Finished the main book, currently reading the notes and sources at the end.

I like Larson but I think he picked a very bad way to tell this story. Glad I'm finally at a section devoted to the serial killer, but by the time we got there I forgot a lot of the details from his brief "cameos" throughout the rest of the book.

As a true crime book, I'm disappointed, but it's interesting for the information about the fair. Loved Susan B. Anthony's argument for why the Fair should be open on Sundays LOL.

As a true crime book, I'm disappointed, but it's interesting for the information about the fair. Loved Susan B. Anthony's argument for why the Fair should be open on Sundays LOL.

I continue to wish Larson would focus more on the "devil." The fair stuff is interesting, but I really want to read about Holmes. At the beginning there was quite a bit about him, but lately it seems like there are occasional interludes where he appears for like 5 pages before returning to more details about the Fair.

The World's Fair stuff is sort of interesting but the serial killer is more so, so I'm not sure why those sections seem so overlooked. Didn't realize that the Ferris wheel was invented to "out-Eiffel Eiffel."

The parts about the fair aren't boring but I'm much more interested in the killer.