Reviews

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

lbeckett's review against another edition

5.0

An overwhelming but must read book.

lydaalexander's review

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

eva92's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

4.0

bookishnerdmom's review against another edition

5.0

Gripping, raw, and humbling. This book will stick with you. Well written and honest, this book will get under your skin- and it should. If you have never lived in the inner city, you have no idea what an oppressive situation million of Americans find themselves in. The system is BROKEN.

ginny23's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

lclester's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.25

kah296's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

So good and so tough. Elliott did a really good job of creating the sense of waiting for the other shoe to drop and by the end I was sad not to be able to spend more time with this family. I think following one set of siblings and their parents, rather than several families (like in Eviction) was especially impactful. I just felt at times a little voyeuristic, and I wonder how the family’s feelings about the book have evolved or will evolve in the future. I think everyone should read it, but would that create an even weirder/more complicated experience for the family? 

scritzma's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

jessonmykindle's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad

4.5

rhinoceroswoman's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5