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Review title: Empty calories
Product review: Only the books's thorough research makes it readable. The glimpses of 1896 New York are fascinating, and Carr admirably refrains from moralizing about the slum boys whose circumstances lead them to prostitution. He has fun with the character of Theodore Roosevelt, but the crucial player, the alienist Kreizler, has no real center, and the other characters are ciphers. The climactic scene with the killer on the water tower is a huge disappointment, a washout in terms of suspense or emotional catharsis. If the author had written "he noised" instead of "he said" one more time I would have thrown this book against a wall. If you care about writing style as much as plot, the book will annoy you. If style doesn't matter and you can tolerate frequent plot doldrums, you might enjoy it.
