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kodi_rae's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Animal death, Child death, Medical content, and Violence
Minor: Abortion, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Classism, Colonisation, Excrement, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Racism
dobermaier's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Child death
Minor: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Kidnapping
bookycnidaria's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Classism, Dementia, Child abuse, Racism, Child death, Murder, and Mental illness
psdarlin's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Child death, Mental illness, Colonisation, Death, Racial slurs, and Kidnapping
Minor: Racism, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Homophobia
alicelalicon's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, and Murder
eliya's review against another edition
3.5
i started on sept 7th and MAN did it slow me down. took me 11h 46m to read and i was not very motivated to read it, but once you get in the groove it reads like gossip.
some people don’t recommend doing the audiobook and reading at the same time but i honestly do recommend it. there are some differences in the wording, some paragraphs added or taken out here and there, but it felt like i got the full recounting.
the author is very clever in the way he kind of leaves little foreshadowing clues - toward the end i think i was a little over the “that was… until” type of wording from him though. omnipresent in the most educated way lol. felt very much like i was living it // a work of fiction rather than an amalgamation of random facts here and there.
really enjoyed learning about the chicago fair, crazy how many things were just accepted because of the time. i would not have like to be apart of that time lol.
i made so many notes reading this lol there were so many fun facts that felt so important i’m glad - really glad - i read this but MAN i’m also glad it’s over
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, and Classism
Moderate: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content and Terminal illness
alagasianflame's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, Child death, Death, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness
amsswim's review against another edition
5.0
I am already a big fan of non-fiction literature and historical reads, this combines the best of them both. This non-fiction book read like fiction in my opinion, making it quick to go by. The many intertwining stories were not difficult to keep track of and all interesting. This is for sure one of those reads that leaves you with a greater understanding of the time period (e.g. 1890s) as a whole, and puts into context the overlap of inventions, important figures, and other legendary events.
If you like historical fiction or non-fiction, true crime, or well written books, I recommend this read.
Moderate: Abortion, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Violence, and Death
Minor: Medical content, Misogyny, Child abuse, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Sexism
pbender's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Racism
wheelygoodreads's review against another edition
1.75
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.
Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Racism, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, and Torture