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Tanglebones
May 02, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Great interweaving of the stories of the Chicago World's Fair, H.H. Holmes, and the assassination of Chicago's mayor. Maybe a bit too much authorial assumption in terms of internal monologues, but it made the story flow well. ...more
Taylor
Aug 25, 2025 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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Finally. This would have better without the creepy serial killer sections. The World's Fair stuff was good-to-okay (why I gave it 2 stars) but the "real crime" stuff was just bleh. I know a lot of people liked this but I hate-read after about halfway through. ...more
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Apr 02, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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