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A review by cass_masters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
So many details which were great. The link between Holmes and the fair wasn’t super strong, so it sometimes felt like I was reading two different books. The author also failed to analyze the gender and class aspects of the topics at hand while spending a LOT of time on the architects and their mediocrity. Meh. I get why people like it and I appreciate all the detailed research that went into it.
Graphic: Murder and Sexual violence