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The alienist

by Caleb Carr

2.0(1 rating)
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Literary Fiction
Mystery
Historical Fiction

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Not enough unpaid reviews

The alienist has only 1 unpaid published review on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

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Book Details

Pages
498
Published
January 1, 2006
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN-13
9780812976144
ISBN-10
0812976142
ASIN
B000JMKV9Y
Amazon categories
Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
Language
English

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kristin
kristin
2.0
Mar 10, 2026

Boring beyond all measure. So meticulous in its investigative detail that it forgets to follow a plot arc. Other reviewers' allusions to Sherlock Holmes are spot on. Antiquated writing style has no place in modern fiction and I only finished it for book club.