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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
16 reviews
bri4103's review against another edition
Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Murder
junefish's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Sexism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
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
samvanz12's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
katsudonburi's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Police brutality
Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Forced institutionalization
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