A review by suicidaldaron
The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition by Upton Sinclair

4.0

i read this book because everywhere I looked said that it was repulsive and graphic as hell. but these scenes of the slaughterhouse/meat industry were very sparse. gross, but it really wasnt as terrible as id expected (and honestly kind of hoped). the majority of this book was one of the saddest goddamn stories ive ever read about how absolutely miserable and poor this immigrant family was due to the conditions of chicago. the last hundred pages or so REALLY dragged to be honest, once jurgis ditches his family it gets a little plain and the politics were a bit too much, but that mightve just been me.