A review by theresaalan41
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

3.0

This is the story of two men whose lives intersect in 1910. Harvey Crawley is a diminutive, balding doctor who is suspected of killing his wife and nearly getting away with it. At the same time, because of advances in communication, the entire world knows about Crawley attempting to run away with the woman he loves.

The Crawley/Belle/Ethel story was compelling, but the Guglielmo Macroni story of trying to get the technology built to be able to communicate over long ranges goes into painful, excruciating detail and is an absolute snoozefest. Also, the author writes about things that happen in1910 and for no apparent reason is suddenly back in 1906 talking about something that happened then.