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«Було так легко зникнути, так легко заперечити все, так легко — у димі й тумані великого міста — приховати що завгодно.»

“It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so easy in the smoke and fog of a great city to mask everything.”
— Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

I know I am like 10+ years behind on this, but it lived up to the hype.

This book is really two separate novels about the same time period in the same city. This is the only connection between the architects of The 1893 World‘s Fair and the serial killer H.H. Holmes. The book is well researched. The chapters on Holmes were intriguing. The chapters on The World‘s Fair were tedious but informative. I started out reading linearly, but eventually read it as two books. Anyone interested in Chicago history will love it.

I thought this book was fascinating. It tells the true story of the creation of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago as well as the story of the serial killer H H Holmes and how he used the Fair to attract more victims.
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I'm posting the #BookScavengerHunt prompts in order & today is 'Monochrome'.

Another one on the list but not yet read.

#Flerken #HauntedShelf @puddlejumper #Monochrome

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#devil - I read this for a book a month challenge
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I found this easier to follow on 🎧audio than physical. Information dense but very interesting. Pictures would have made a wonderful edition📸

I look forward to following this up with a few others from this time period🤓📚

Interesting contrast between the story of a successful world fair and the life of the first serial killer of America.

#coverlove #chair #day19 #wheel #day20

I recommend both this wildly different books. 😀 🪑🎡

I am so happy to say I finally finished this one! It's been on my TBR since who knows when 🤣

Larson wrote a very detailed, and I do mean very, account of the Chicago's World Fair, the atmosphere and history of the time, as well as the serial killer hiding within.
Larson is a great researcher, this I'm sure of, and gave me so much new information specific to the fair but all in all, while I had a few disconnects.
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