a devil of a read

so i finished my next book club book last night....it was a great read. it was interesting historically and compelling entertainment wise. i really enjoyed it. i know others were struggling with the parallel stories in terms of the serial killer storyline, but i thought it was vague enough in detail to not freak me out too much. we meet next friday night to discuss, so i am sure that i will post again about this book. what facinated me the most was hearing about the architects & plans for chicago. the book is about the chicago world fair in 1893. there are two story line going. the first of the building of the "white city" and all that went into it construction. it dealt with olmstead & his landscape ideas, the architects, politics, and "freak show" aspects of pulling off this monumental event. the second story line was about h.h. holmes - the entrepreneur that perhaps killed over twenty people during the fair. i was surprised that i did not have nightmares about him last night, but instead i woke up singing glen phillips songs. one other thing amazed me about the book: the amount of research erik larson did as demonstrated by his footnotes. remarkable. it makes me want to visit chicago to see the remnants of this event. i was also surprised at how well written it was. for a historical novel, it felt like fiction. i highly recommend it.

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patti said…
Did you know I grew up in Chicago? It truly is a special town! Three of my favorite things: Navy pier with the huge ferris wheel, the Sears Tower, the archetechtial (sp?) that you can take on the Chicago river...AMAZING!!
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