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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
24 reviews
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
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
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
rachelsheplak's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Gore, Child death, Blood, Abortion, Body horror, Gun violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Violence
sometimes_samantha_reads's review against another edition
4.5
My sister in law recommended this to me. I'm not usually into true crime, but if its paced like this and narrated by Tony Goldwyn, I'm all for it! The parallel stories of Burnahm and Holmes was fascinating and I learned so much. The story was chilling but I kept listening to satisfy the morbid curiosity. I learned that Holmes is supposedly buried less than 30 minutes from where I live, which is wild.
I think I'll try to seek out more audiobooks. I quite liked Tony Goldwyn's narration so I think I'll start there.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content
Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, and Gun violence
lulugirl297's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Body horror, Abandonment, Violence, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Confinement
samarakroeger's review
4.0
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
kellyofcali's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Torture, Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Child death
Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Grief
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Sexism
anjadesa's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Blood, Child death, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
sopranna's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder