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sorensen0802's review against another edition
2.0
Waste of time. I was really disappointed with this book.
katiescho741's review against another edition
2.0
I'm going to be honest, I only read half of this book. I started off reading both the World's Fair and the Holmes chapters but, it turns out that reading about a bunch of men trying to organise an event is really boring, so I started skipping to the Holmes chapters.
If this has been a solid true crime book about Holmes and his horrible deeds during the World's Fair, i think it would have been very compelling, but the sections about the planning of it were boring and slowed the story down so much. Not even the interesting cons of Holmes could make it that much better.
A shame really because I was expecting a lot from this book. If you love reading about architectural features (but with no pictures to explain them) and you enjoy reading about people planning stuff, this is the book for you.
If this has been a solid true crime book about Holmes and his horrible deeds during the World's Fair, i think it would have been very compelling, but the sections about the planning of it were boring and slowed the story down so much. Not even the interesting cons of Holmes could make it that much better.
A shame really because I was expecting a lot from this book. If you love reading about architectural features (but with no pictures to explain them) and you enjoy reading about people planning stuff, this is the book for you.
danoreading's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent book! I half-listened to this (Scott Brick is an amazing narrator), half-read it, depending on where I was at any given moment. This was a consuming read and I couldn't put it down. The end dragged a bit, but otherwise it was utterly fascinating.