Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Devil in the White City (Abridged): Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

40 reviews

kodi_rae's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

I often find nonfiction books harder to read. Even with ones with topics that really interest me, I find my mind wandering. So I was pleasantly surprised at how much this book sucked me in, however I would have personally liked more pictures interspersed as well to get a better sense of people and place. It does seem like the author might have taken some liberties with pieces of the story, so keep that in mind when reading. And the lack of any sort of modern-day critique of Christopher Columbus, Wild Bill Cody’s show, and the myriad use of Native Americans and other people of color left much to be desired. Despite these grievances, I still found it to be interesting and wanting to learn more. 

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Content Warnings

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

j_the_human's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Child death

margolovie89's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Death, and Medical content

a_meanderer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Trafficking, Violence, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Blood, and Child death

pupsandpancakes's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

amriherd's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.75

Not my favorite Larson, but for my add brain it was great. Murder chapter, fair chapter, murder chapter, fair chapter.  Never left you in one place long enough to get bored. Enjoyed the fair aspects the most, but didn't love the way the Holmes chapters were organized and presented. Great narrator on the audio though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Child death, and Violence

mmp1002's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

3.5

Larson does an excellent job in making the reader feel as the architects and engineers do. Perhaps too good of a job, as the first two-thirds dragged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, and Child death

elg1105's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, Blood, Violence, and Child death

theabee's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Terminal illness, Colonisation, Infidelity, and Trafficking

Minor: Suicide

psdarlin's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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