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A review by hannahleila
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.
DNF
I probably wasn’t the target audience for this book.
As someone who’s lived in these types of scenarios, this book didn’t open my eyes to anything I wasn’t aware of, and in the time since this book was published housing insecurity has actually gotten worse in most areas.
This was well written and easy to engage with, but ultimately bleak and draining with no real redemption/solution in sight for the people this book follows.
This is the book to show to your sheltered in laws or boss.
I probably wasn’t the target audience for this book.
As someone who’s lived in these types of scenarios, this book didn’t open my eyes to anything I wasn’t aware of, and in the time since this book was published housing insecurity has actually gotten worse in most areas.
This was well written and easy to engage with, but ultimately bleak and draining with no real redemption/solution in sight for the people this book follows.
This is the book to show to your sheltered in laws or boss.