A review by reasie
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott

3.0

I don't know what to say about this book. The narrative approach to non-fiction bugged me a bit. "Minna adjusted the broach at her throat" - did she? Really? Or are you making that up to put us in scene?

And, as non-fiction, of course, it suffers from that non-fiction reality problem. I was never quite sure where it was going, but I didn't mind the ride.