A review by mimsen
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.

Other readers seem to love this about the book, but there are just too much details and random facts listed and I don't see, what they add to the narrative and the actual story - unsure what the actual story/purpose of the book is. I am on page 55 and so far the narrativ is just meandering and my initial interest is completly lost. I won't read 400 more pages of this. I gather the idea, when it comes to non-fictional books about history, i just want the plain facts and nothing that reads like a novel.