A review by hannahjaynej
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

dark informative slow-paced

1.75

This book was not for me. I feel like Erik wanted to write a book about the making of the Chicago World’s Fair but his editor was like “No, that’s too boring, no one will read that.” So then he just sprinkled in some stuff about a serial killer who was around at the same time. 

I did learn some interesting things about the fair though, and about the invention of the Ferris Wheel. It was interesting to read about two very different kinds of ambition (serial murder and architectural greatness), but if I had to read the height of one more building I was about to lose it. I do respect the amount of research that went into this book, though.
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