NIGHTMARE ALLEY (William Lindsay Gresham) - December 14/21

 I definitely enjoyed parts of this book but mostly it's way too overwritten and sluggish. Gresham does a good job of establishing that world and the central character, and I enjoyed the twist at the very end (ie geek). But the book would've been better off had it been shorter and ended a lot sooner. (Why didn't it just end after he was hauled away by the mental hospital people?) **1/2 out of ****