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A review by laneyofthenight
The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James
2.0
Everything about this book was great except for the writing, tone, editing, structure, research, and content. That is to say this is a great premise, and in the hands of an actual historian, writer, and editor it would be a great book.
As it stands, “a set of wild conclusions based on my own wild assumptions based on things I assume happen based on evidence I think could have hypothetically existed” would be a great subtitle for this book. It’s fun! At times I even enjoyed it, but it’s as much fiction as any book written by Tolkien.
As it stands, “a set of wild conclusions based on my own wild assumptions based on things I assume happen based on evidence I think could have hypothetically existed” would be a great subtitle for this book. It’s fun! At times I even enjoyed it, but it’s as much fiction as any book written by Tolkien.