A review by iddylu
The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton

3.0

It kind of felt like this book couldn't decide whether it wanted to be fiction or nonfiction. The lengthy exposition-heavy digressions about Victorian England (many of which were only tangentially related to the plot) were definitely interesting, and I would have welcomed them wholeheartedly if this were nonfiction - but they felt out of place in a fictional narrative, where I usually expect and prefer that kind of worldbuilding to be more subtle and seamless. That said, I enjoyed the fictionalized characters and events that Crichton came up with, and it makes me want to go learn more about the real Great Gold Robbery to see how reality matches up!