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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
18 reviews
maevebeck's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism
albernikolauras's review against another edition
5.0
There wasn't a moment that you didn't feel the anger and frustration that we choose to treat people this way - as if their life doesn't matter. Desmond is clear about the ripple effect instable housing has on people - emotionally and physically - and the community they live in. How it effects the children stuck in this cycle, hopping from school to school while balancing taking care of their siblings.
Desmond wraps up the book describing his place within these situations, how he lived near them, when he intervened to help the families he followed, and what we can do to help prevent the worst of this. It is frightening that this has likely only gotten worse with the increasing housing prices and cost of living with no real increase in government support.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and War
lily1304's review against another edition
4.5
Do not skip the epilogue and afterword about his research methods!
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Grief, and Pregnancy
Descriptions of eviction, homelessness, hunger, and povertydominicangirl's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
edie_reads's review against another edition
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Excrement, and Pregnancy
julesapollo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship
sherbertwells's review against another edition
3.0
“We have failed to fully appreciate how deeply housing is implicated in the creation of poverty. Not everyone living in a distressed neighborhood is associated with gang members, parole officers, employers, social workers or pastors. But nearly all of them have a landlord.” (5)
“People like Larraine lived with so many compounded limitations that it was difficult to imagine the amount of good behavior or self-control that would allow them to lift themselves out of poverty. The distance between grinding poverty and even stable poverty could be so vast that those at the bottom had little hope of climbing out even if they pinched every penny. So they chose not to” (219).
Perhaps that’s a lesson I need to take to heart. Evicted is a good book with a strong message about a big problem, and if it changes American housing for the better, I would feel nothing but pride.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Grief
beetsnotbombs's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Grief
Minor: Trafficking