The Devil In the White City is a novel written by Erik Larson about the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 and its preparation. It is also a novel about a serial killer, H. H. Holmes. The author’s perspective is not very clear in the book, but the novel was still a great read. While it was interesting, I learned a few things about the fair.
The author’s perspective in the novel is not very prominent. The book is a story of the past and is very informational. Because of this, it is a challenge to recognize what the author’s opinion was of the events in the novel. The author, Erik Larson, was known as a newspaper journalist before he published novels. He then started writing non-fiction. While reading The Devil in the White City, I noticed he did not insert his opinion of the events he described.
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It was very detailed when it needed to be and it was unlike any novel I had read before. Larson’s writing technique was interesting as well. He decided to combine a murder story at the time, with the story of the making of the Chicago World’s fair. The two stories were very different, and yet they connected at the same time. The novel kept me intrigued. I always wanted to know what would happen next. One key character in the novel was H. H. Holmes. He was a murderer that was doing great with his several businesses. He kills several women and children during the duration of the novel, and he is convicted for his murders at the end of the novel. Another key character in the novel was Daniel Burnham. He was one of the main people in charge of making sure the World’s Fair was running smoothly and was also one of the main architects of the fair. He undergoes a lot of stress in order to make sure the fair is a success and better than that of the last in