Review: Something you should know before you buy this book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2014
This book is aimed at the twelve to fifteen year olds of the world interested in Harry Houdini and not caring so much about the flow of a good story. The information is here. There is a wealth of it on his early life and relationships, career, and influence on the world of magic. I believe that editing would do this book a world of good. As this book was free, I did not read any reviews or sample pages before I picked it up. I saw "Houdini" and "free" and pressed the buy button. I do not want to discourage anyone from buying this book, I just wanted y'all to realize what the book is like. It is very textbook-ish. There are talking points at the beginning of every chapter and a quiz with answer key at the end of the book.So keep your pen and paper handy for notes because there will be a test over this material! If the book was edited (were edited? I don't pretend to know without some thought and maybe looking it up, but it matters to me to get the words right. I digress) I might give it four stars, but I cannot rate this version above three. Thanks for reading.