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mariab27's review against another edition
4.0
Such a great read and very accessible and fast-paced. I would recommend first reading how Desmond went about collecting the data and stories for this book. It gives even more credence to his findings.
bakemaster's review against another edition
Had to return to library, will borrow again another time and finish
lottie1803's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
p_t_b's review against another edition
5.0
i guess they don't give people macarthur genius grants for being bad at stuff. desmond is a graceful author, and his grace in large part consists of making himself invisible (he explains the many ways he was in fact not invisible in a thoughtful postscript on methods). ethnography always feels a little squicky to me, but it's a necessary squickiness. desmond does not dramatize how poor americans do and do not find places to live, and how other people make a living from their housing, and how eviction marks people as much as incarceration (and just as disproportionally). he just rolls his camera eye, and gives context when needed. took me a while to get to this one, and it's not a sunny read, but it is a necessary one.
mkglouleroybodie's review against another edition
5.0
This book is so well written and researched. I like many others had not ever considered the impact of eviction. This is a must read.
emszopinsk's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0