Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

111 reviews

magosti1's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional slow-paced

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Deeply disturbing true crime novel about a serial killer in Chicago while the worlds fair was being built. Too disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

anjadesa's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

sopranna's review against another edition

3.5

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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Impressive research, not a good hang. Incredibly dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

joviyanna's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder

camilleion's review against another edition

4.0

informative inspiring slow-paced

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90% architectural history, 10% true crime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Abandonment

suzquinn97's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abortion

wheelygoodreads's review against another edition

1.75

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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I almost put this book down multiple times, as it's very slow to get going, and even then only half of the story, the serial killer portion, was really keeping me engaged. 

Many parts seemed to drag on, no helped by the formatting—this book really could have used shorter chapters, rather than longer sections. Getting through this felt like work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

headachesince03's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark informative inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

askxtine's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Very enjoyable non-fiction book! I liked how it bounced from the architects to Holmes. Those under watchful eyes and those operating in private. I also learned a lot about the Fair, America, etc. Lots of moments of surprise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Racism

sharonus's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping, Grief