A review by tiedyedude
Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America by Tim Wise

3.0

I feel like this would have worked better as a feature article in a magazine. I'm not a big nonfiction reader, but I'm trying to expand; unfortunately, while this started out as a compelling read, it quickly got bogged down with paragraphs of numbers and data that were relevant, but started to feel repetitive. I know the poor are treated horrendously, that's one of the reasons I picked up the book, I don't need 100 pages telling me I'm right. I'm glad I read what I got through, and Wise is an excellent writer, but I was not interested in finishing the book.