Play Book Tag discussion

I was really interested in this story and I love Erik Larson.

Thunderstruck is the story of the second most famous murder in London as well as the invention of the wireless telegram and how the two stories coincide.

The reason I did not finish this book is due to the supernatural/paranormal. I do not read books that touch on this.

In the early 1900s I was not aware how much supernatural and paranormal integrated with science. At a time when discoveries of how electricity and magnetism worked, science itself seemed supernatural and paranormal. I understand this and was interested in this fact. But when the story started detailing paranormal and supernatural experiments with unseen forces/people in the room, I was finished with the book. I finished learning about the actual story and the wireless telegram on Wikipedia.

This is the one book of his I did not like. It would be a DNF for me right at this period in life too-but at the time I had this crazy idea that if I started a book, Ihad to see it through til then end.-Bah! on that!

I got so uninterested, I think it took me months to finally finish!

EDIT-ugh, I see I gave it three stars-should have been 2-

Joanne wrote: "This is the one book of his I did not like. It would be a DNF for me right at this period in life too-but at the time I had this crazy idea that if I started a book, Ihad to see it through til then..."

I never DNF a book and I've DNF 2 in a row.

Jason wrote: "Joanne wrote: "This is the one book of his I did not like. It would be a DNF for me right at this period in life too-but at the time I had this crazy idea that if I started a book, Ihad to see it t..."

Be proud Jason, that you consider your time is worth more than mediocre! Especially from an author like Larson!

This would end it for me, as well. It's one thing to know that Ouija boards, etc, were popular as a historical fact and to understand some of the surrounding historical times, but this is a different kettle of fish entirely.