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The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

By
Erik Larson
Erik Larson
By
Erik Larson
Erik Larson
2002 • 447 pages

Ratings325

Average rating4

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priya
Priya

Probably closer to a 2.5. It's overly long, repetitive (Holmes had piercing blue eyes and a daring touch; Olmstead whined, etc.), and the Holmes stuff feels tacked on to spice up the rest of the book. I wish Larson had written more about the lasting effects of the fair rather than just devoting a few pages to it in the epilogue.

January 3, 2014Report this review