MixedThe New York Times Book ReviewIn The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson wants to tell the whole story, both the glory of Burnham\'s creation and the sordid details of the first known urban psychopath in American history. It is not a comfortable fit. He uses language well, but has little sense of pacing or focus, perhaps because of the huge amount of material available on the fair … There is much less material available on H. H. Holmes, and Larson tells that part of the story economically. But he has added his own imaginative touches and sometimes goes farther than the sources warrant.
