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a_meanderer's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Trafficking, Violence, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Blood, and Child death
theabee's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Terminal illness, Colonisation, Infidelity, and Trafficking
Minor: Suicide
crownoflaurel's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Death, Colonisation, and Child death
Moderate: Classism and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Trafficking, and Stalking
samarakroeger's review against another edition
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4.0
My SIXTH Erik Larson book in the span of one month. Dear god.
Anyways, this is probably his most well-known book (and was the hardest to get ahold of on libby). The two narrative threads were both interesting (something that was lacking in his most similar book to this, Thunderstruck). I sometimes got lost in the sea of names (looking at you, architects), but it didn’t detract from the story. I honestly didn’t know much about the Chicago World’s Fair (or the murders). I would have liked to have known more about how the event changed America (it’s part of the title) and whether it inspired something similar in the future.
Anyways, this is probably his most well-known book (and was the hardest to get ahold of on libby). The two narrative threads were both interesting (something that was lacking in his most similar book to this, Thunderstruck). I sometimes got lost in the sea of names (looking at you, architects), but it didn’t detract from the story. I honestly didn’t know much about the Chicago World’s Fair (or the murders). I would have liked to have known more about how the event changed America (it’s part of the title) and whether it inspired something similar in the future.
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, and Child death
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