Not rating bc I didn't get past page 40. This one wasn't going to meet the 50 page rule, no matter how much I tried. This book was some really big deal a while back, and had a lot going for it: Teddy Roosevelt, mental institutions, and New York in a fun time period... and it just fell flat so soon for me.

When I DNF a book, there's a follow-up process: wondering if it's just me, gathering my thoughts and writing in my book journal, then reading one-star reviews on here. The complaints everyone seemed to have (the writing, the blandness, the overall "meh") made it clear that it was NOT, in fact, just me.