And now for some Imaginary Reader Mail. Dear Jenny, Your post about The Devil in the Dark City was meaner than your reviews usually are. What gives? The last time you were this mean was about Stephen Marche’s awful book. Do you mean to suggest that Erik Larson is as bad as Stephen Marche? Love and kisses, [name redacted] Gentle Reader: You make some excellent points. Nobody is as bad as Stephen Marche. To my inexpressible joy, everyone else now agrees with me on account of that Megan Fox profile. How I do love being vindicated! When I mentioned my…
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Review: The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson (a grumpy review)
Published 7 Mar 2013
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Gin Jenny
What? You say this post showed up in your reader several weeks ago? I have no idea what you’re talking about. My friend the Enthusiast refuses to join work book club because he says we read bad things. As proof of this he says “Devil in the White City was big like six years ago. And you’re just reading it now? Come on! You have to keep up with the times!” In fact the reason I didn’t read The Devil in the White City when it was big was that I was worried about that thing, that hype thing that…
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