A review by summboo
The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition by Upton Sinclair
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Intense book that causes you to reflect on capitalist systems
Graphic: Alcoholism and Death of parent
Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Child death, Abandonment, and Grief
Minor: Grief
The book is intense I’m it’s descriptions of poverty and the food industry in the early 1900s. Parts of the book are unsettling and difficult to read because they are trauma spawning events for the main character