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Fascinating and complex true story of the White City Devil without the sensationalism that the media has always told.

Full review here:

http://bookshelfadventures.home.blog/2021/03/11/h-h-holmes-the-true-story-of-the...

A detailed account, overly so in places. I‘d never heard much about Holmes before watching a video on YouTube a few months ago. I find it frustrating that there‘s little confirmed truth about his crimes. A fascinating tale though.

This book debunks everything to do with HH Holmes and how he wasn‘t the killer people painted him to be, just a swindler!

Sooooooo good. HH Holmes!
In The Garden was interesting but Devil had me hooked! Nonfiction was never so frightening and riveting. Can't wait for the movie!

thank you for the add @SanjanaGhosh
#moviewasbetter #devil #hhholmes #worldsfair #ferriswheel

I read this book long back. I picked this after I read an article about books on serial killers on internet. I would say, it's a good paced book and if you have the guts to read some gory and grotesque details you should definitely read it. You'll definitely get to know more about the serial killer psyche and why they do this. In this case, why H.H. Holmes did this.
I tried reading 'Deranged' by same writer but didn't get the hook to it.
4.5/5🌟

There is so much misinformation out there. Adam Selzer went to primary sources to write this book. Even many of those are not reliable, but Selzer does his best to sift through all the information and try to come up with the most plausible story of Holmes. It was good, and for enjoyment of/interest in the book, I‘d actually give it 3.5 stars (good), but I really want to give it an overall of 4 stars for all the detailed research. Cont in comments.

It wasnt a BAD book exactly. I think that after reading a lot of really decent HH Holmes books last year, a part of me expected it to live up to those and it didnt. Really the main part of Holmes life was over by page 150. I really wished for more on the Murder Castle and his crimes.

From Jack the Ripper to HH Holmes, I may be a serial killer junkie. This is the last of my library haul, then its on to my actual TBR, I suppose

For anyone interested I finally got my slightly longer review of Depraved written and posted Orangemoosereads.wordpress.com I‘m going to try to have at least a short comparison with ‘Devil in the White City‘ up later today.

I am HIGHLY disappointed in how Schechter ended the book, it feels incomplete. There wasn‘t a lot that I didn‘t already know from having read “Devil in the White City” there was a lot of focus on the trial of Holmes which there wasn‘t as much in “Devil”. It was interesting for sure and worth reading. A few times the writing wasn‘t great, but over all it was good. I‘ll have a longer review and comparison up this weekend on my blog.