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In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson

3.76 AVERAGE

chaselamp's review against another edition

4.0

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Super interesting “story within the story”. Larson does a really good job of bringing the glamour, color, and horror of Berlin at the time to life. Really reads like a thriller which terrifies me that people really had to live and navigate through it all. Rattles me to think about. First Erik Larson book…I’ll be back for more!

megmc's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

phoeberudnick's review against another edition

4.25

informative medium-paced

cobwebjr's review against another edition

5.0

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RIP Ambassador Dodd, you would’ve loved Hamilton

k8clark's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

msenthusiastic's review against another edition

4.25

dark informative medium-paced

ghill22's review against another edition

3.0

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kattiepants's review against another edition

2.0

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This was a very slow read. The story demands absolute concentration to recognize all of the German names and locations. I do not recommend this book, unless you love historical novels. I bought his book for book club, and thought it would be fun to read something outside my normal genre of reading style, but I was wrong.
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jannrice's review against another edition

2.5

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heathervickery's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced