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Не будуй дрібних планів; вони не мають тієї магії, що запалює кров людей.

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men‘s blood.”

#Psychotic. #CharacterCharm

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“For now, the tension was subtle, a vibration, like the inaudible cry of overstressed steel.”

#Murderer

#CharacterCharm

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I started reading this with so much expectations considering the high ratings everywhere. But, it turned out to be such a dull. Two men, one architect and one serial killer, the only common factor was they were both in Chicago.

It should have been 2 separate books for completely separate audiences. “Depraved“ was such a great book on H H Holmes and completely satisfies the true crime, serial killer bug in you.
#betterbooksahead

«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.
#DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks #ReadOrDonate @julieclair (Keep) #WickedWords #Lake @AsYouWish

“I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.”

#Evil #WickedWhispers

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I'm posting the #BookScavengerHunt prompts in order & today is 'Monochrome'.

Another one on the list but not yet read.

#Flerken #HauntedShelf @puddlejumper #Monochrome