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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
16 reviews
reddeddy's review
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism
ascalun's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Abortion, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Cultural appropriation
lyssierose09's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Gaslighting
Minor: Gun violence, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
lexispike's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, and Gaslighting
meganpbennett's review against another edition
3.0
The book has lots of interesting detail on the World's Fair - after all, how could Chicago hope to beat Eiffel and his Tower from the previous World's Fair? Enter an engineer named... Ferris.
The book was less graphic than I thought it would be, but there is rather disturbing imagery involving Holmes killing and disposing of the bodies.
I think the book would have been stronger had the author not switched perspectives between Holmes and the builders of the Fair every chapter. I think it would have made more sense for the author to have chosen a time frame - three months? - and written about the building of the Fair, then Pendergast, then Holmes. That would have strengthened the connect between them
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Pregnancy and Alcohol
alliemikennareads's review against another edition
4.0
Bullet point review:
- I forgot how much the book discusses architecture; this got tedious at times.
- I loved the rich detail about the Chicago worlds fair and the way the book splices the fair, its history, and HH Holmes’ evil deeds together.
- I still found it a great form of true crime/ nonfiction that reads like fiction.
TW for some really graphic descriptions of a slaughterhouse, gas chambers, suicide, murder of women and children and dead body discovery.
If you can get past the graphic parts and like historical fiction, I’d definitely recommend this one!
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting