Nesbo's got two, possibly three that are available in the US don't remember their exact titles (could take you to them in a store but not not positive the titles I'm thinking of are Nesbo or another author)
I keep trying to read Norrell.... but the style and I have this epic misunderstanding-- which is depressing.... because I really want to get into it and can't.
*pats* Don't stress too much you'll be fine &cuddles*
If I read Nesbo, I want to read it alllllll. And sadly, the books of his that are out are part of a SERIES. A series whose STARTING BOOK isn't available in the US! I weeeeep. I want to read the WHOLE thing, damn you America!
Hahaha, yeah. Norrell's a very dry read. I think that the author was going for a Dickenson's dryness level and sort of really kind of succeeded at that. My eyes cross whenever I read it for too long. Which is probably why I still have a 100 or so pages left. STILL. It is a pretty good read once you wade your way through it.
Man, one of my clients had Devil in the White City on audiobook, and offered to give it to me. She didn't want to fill out the official paperwork I have to have done, though. I was really interested in it too (she caught me reading the info on it, which was why she offered).
So far it's been a interesting read! It's like reading a narrative but also has details like an essay. And considering how he's focusing on two individuals (the architect of the World's Fair and H. H. Holmes himself), it reads sort of like a compare-contrast of characters.
It's actually kind of fascinating also to read about one view of Chicago (from the architect's POV) and then another (from Holmes's).
I've been enjoying it mostly. The narrative-like style keeps it feeling a bit fresher. Otherwise people would get bored and eyes would start rolling into their heads with the boring tone of an essay of the times. So kudos, I say, to Larson.
Now I'm really looking forward to seeing how he continues to move the details along. It really is kind of like a peek into the Chicago of that time (and since I've been to Chicago like all of once, I can sort of remember some of the air and styles Chicago can have).
In short mmmm Jeva love historical not-narrative 83
Wait. No, no. My favorite thing about this book is how Larson will go into a tangent about details (something he APOLOGIZED for at the beginning of the book, how funny!)--mostly describing the hows and whys and whens and wheres for something occurring. I'm only like... 2 parts in, but I do actually love how he's setting up and describing the events. Especially since this is a history (haha story! yes, exactly!) that everyone knows the ending to. Reading the set up and the opinions of the public during that time is just kind of fascinating.
For example, the reason why the Fair was brought into existence in the first place. How New York, Washington, Chicago, and St. Louis all vied to be the site of the fair (I especially love this one like where Larson goes, "No one really cared about what St. Louis had to say but gave it a wink of acknowledgement for its pluck for trying."). Just. FFFFF. It's a little like world-building but--these things actually happenedOf course there's skewed views and whatnot because Larson's working by
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I keep trying to read Norrell.... but the style and I have this epic misunderstanding-- which is depressing.... because I really want to get into it and can't.
*pats* Don't stress too much you'll be fine &cuddles*
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Hahaha, yeah. Norrell's a very dry read. I think that the author was going for a Dickenson's dryness level and sort of really kind of succeeded at that. My eyes cross whenever I read it for too long. Which is probably why I still have a 100 or so pages left. STILL. It is a pretty good read once you wade your way through it.
/chews on, nyoro? :3?
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It's actually kind of fascinating also to read about one view of Chicago (from the architect's POV) and then another (from Holmes's).
I've been enjoying it mostly. The narrative-like style keeps it feeling a bit fresher. Otherwise people would get bored and eyes would start rolling into their heads with the boring tone of an essay of the times. So kudos, I say, to Larson.
Now I'm really looking forward to seeing how he continues to move the details along. It really is kind of like a peek into the Chicago of that time (and since I've been to Chicago like all of once, I can sort of remember some of the air and styles Chicago can have).
In short mmmm Jeva love historical not-narrative 83
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For example, the reason why the Fair was brought into existence in the first place. How New York, Washington, Chicago, and St. Louis all vied to be the site of the fair (I especially love this one like where Larson goes, "No one really cared about what St. Louis had to say but gave it a wink of acknowledgement for its pluck for trying."). Just. FFFFF. It's a little like world-building but--these things actually happenedOf course there's skewed views and whatnot because Larson's working by ( ... )
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There's at least two in this entry that I'm going to look for when I swing by the library tomorrow.
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