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The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
I am one of those people who must read the book before watching the TV show or the movie. In this case, I saw so many advertisements for The Alienist TV show until I caved and set up my DVR to record the show and purchased the book. Even after seeing the previews, I did not totally know what it was about other than, “WHOA! That looks awesome! And Dakota Fanning is badass!” That’s basically how I left it. SO I get the book and tell my husband about it and we are both like, “What’s an alienist?” And I didn’t know the answer. Until I opened the first page and saw the definition right there.
So to me it sort of sounds like Mindhunter meets the Victorian Era from page one! The story takes place in 1896 in New York. Boys who wear powder and pretend to be girls in the skin trading business are turning up dead, their bodies mutilated, eyeballs removed, and genitals stuffed in their mouths. The book is full of psychological profiling as a trio and their troupe set out to catch this wicked killer! I do not want to say anything else about the story itself. I will go ahead and say this was an EASY 5 out of 5 stars for me and ALL the thumbs ups in the galaxy!
The Alienist, written by Caleb Carr, is super fast paced and easy to read. While set in the 1890s, it reads with a mix of Victorian Era and present-day language. Basically, it’s not pretentious and anyone could read this and enjoy it!
The characters are so awesome. You have Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, the child & criminal psychologist (or “alienist”), John Moore, the newspaper reporter, and Sara Howard, an unwed secretary in the Police Department who owns a gun, is totally badass, and is trying to become the first female police officer in New York City. She kind of reminds me of Susan Delgado from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: Wizard & Glass.
I was totally with them every step of the way as they navigated the slums, brothels, and clubs of New York to find this killer. I highly recommend this one and am eager to read the second in the series now. And now I can start clearing out my DVR because, let’s face it, like any “To do” or “To watch” list, crossing off and removing items is one of the best feelings in the world!
So to me it sort of sounds like Mindhunter meets the Victorian Era from page one! The story takes place in 1896 in New York. Boys who wear powder and pretend to be girls in the skin trading business are turning up dead, their bodies mutilated, eyeballs removed, and genitals stuffed in their mouths. The book is full of psychological profiling as a trio and their troupe set out to catch this wicked killer! I do not want to say anything else about the story itself. I will go ahead and say this was an EASY 5 out of 5 stars for me and ALL the thumbs ups in the galaxy!
The Alienist, written by Caleb Carr, is super fast paced and easy to read. While set in the 1890s, it reads with a mix of Victorian Era and present-day language. Basically, it’s not pretentious and anyone could read this and enjoy it!
The characters are so awesome. You have Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, the child & criminal psychologist (or “alienist”), John Moore, the newspaper reporter, and Sara Howard, an unwed secretary in the Police Department who owns a gun, is totally badass, and is trying to become the first female police officer in New York City. She kind of reminds me of Susan Delgado from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: Wizard & Glass.
I was totally with them every step of the way as they navigated the slums, brothels, and clubs of New York to find this killer. I highly recommend this one and am eager to read the second in the series now. And now I can start clearing out my DVR because, let’s face it, like any “To do” or “To watch” list, crossing off and removing items is one of the best feelings in the world!