Title: The Witch of Lime StreetAuthor: David Jaher
Genre: Nonfiction
Synopsis: Follow Houdini, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Dr. & Mrs. Crandon from the early 1920's to 1930 as the Spiritualist movement is tested by Scientific American.
My Thoughts
As you may notice from my other posts, I am not usually one for reading nonfiction for pleasure. After reading the back cover on this book I knew I had to give this one a shot. I am fascinated with the 1920s and I was really interested in reading more about the Spiritualist movement that was raging at the time.
This book reads much more like fiction than I had expected. The author writes history like a story, keeping the reader engaged and in suspense. The first third of the book moves very quickly with lots of different information given about the key players in the story. Getting to read about that Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outside of what they are most famous for was really interesting.
The middle of the book was a little bit slow. A lot of redundant information given about seances and Scientific American tests with Margery, left me wanting to skip to the end. The end of the book picked back up and made memories of the slow middle fade quickly. I was sad when I got to the last page, it had left me wanting more.
I would recommend this book to anyone, even avid fiction readers, who are interested in the 1920s.
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
To see more from David Jaher, visit her website linked above.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
As you may notice from my other posts, I am not usually one for reading nonfiction for pleasure. After reading the back cover on this book I knew I had to give this one a shot. I am fascinated with the 1920s and I was really interested in reading more about the Spiritualist movement that was raging at the time.
This book reads much more like fiction than I had expected. The author writes history like a story, keeping the reader engaged and in suspense. The first third of the book moves very quickly with lots of different information given about the key players in the story. Getting to read about that Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outside of what they are most famous for was really interesting.
The middle of the book was a little bit slow. A lot of redundant information given about seances and Scientific American tests with Margery, left me wanting to skip to the end. The end of the book picked back up and made memories of the slow middle fade quickly. I was sad when I got to the last page, it had left me wanting more.
I would recommend this book to anyone, even avid fiction readers, who are interested in the 1920s.
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
To see more from David Jaher, visit her website linked above.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
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