A review by inknosedowl
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

challenging dark funny informative mysterious medium-paced

3.75

This novel was intense to say the least. There is so much information and detail about both the Worlds Fair of 1893 and H.H Holmes it can be a little overwhelming. The draw of it though, is that it reads like you’re reading a fictional novel for enjoyment and not just for the historical information. It took me a while to finish due to the paramount of information and also due to my lack of non fiction reading, but I think it was absolutely worth it. By the second half of the book I just as invested as I would’ve been if it was fiction. Erik Larson is an amazing writer and put some humor into what could be a macabre and tragic story with the issues that occurred at the fair and the atrocities that Holmes inflected.

If you’re looking for some historical non fiction of America or of a serial killer look no further!