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The Alienist by Caleb Carr
3 stars
496 pages

It's tagged 16 times as American History and although it's Historical Fiction, it does have a lot of real history elements.

The story follows a team of people led by an Alienist, a Dr who studies the mentally ill, a journalist, and several people from a police force. The police force at the time was led by Teddy Roosevelt. They use a new field, profiling, to figure out who and catch a serial killer that is on the loose in Manhattan, killing young boys that are selling themselves in house of ill-repute.

I enjoyed the story but the writing was a struggle for me. It was thick and dense and it felt like it took me forever to read this book. It seemed like the only time that I made any progress on it was when I was on an airplane.

I'm not sure I'll be reading an more Caleb Carr. Or if I do it'll have to be at the right time when I'm planning a trip to India and will be on lots of planes or something.

I read it, I think just early this year, and I've already forgotten it. I remember nothing except the cover. I have to check back, but I think I also rated it 3 stars at the time - ok.

I loved this one - 5 stars for me - and #2 has just turned up for my Trim in December!

This was a DNF for me and I also took him off my list of authors-

I read this one years ago and it's still stuck with me. I remember feeling thoroughly creeped out as they unraveled the profile of the killer.

That said, I've since tried other Caleb Carr books, but nothing else really grabbed me the way this one did, so maybe it was just a case of right book at right time.