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margolovie89's review against another edition
dark
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Death, and Medical content
fuchsiarascal's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.25
lots of interesting information but oddly formatted and disjointed.
deanna_rigney's review against another edition
4.0
This read like fiction, yet was dense with all kinds of little nuggets of history I just found fascinating. You have everything here: a serial killer, a ferris wheel, Annie Oakley, the Titanic, architecture, and a "Murder Castle." Some of the intricacies of putting every aspect of the Chicago fair together did leave me a bit cold, but the story of H.H. Holmes was freakish, and therefore too interesting to put down. This sooo needs to be a movie because of the turn of the century visuals and the creepiness factor, but I fear someone would screw it up because rarely are books made into movies that do the book itself justice. If someone could do it though I would definitely want to see it.
goodem9199's review
2.0
While the history and gruesome story of H.H. Holmes kept me listening, there was just WAY too much architectural description for me.
justwordsandink's review against another edition
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.0