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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
40 reviews
kaddyren's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship
edie_reads's review against another edition
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Excrement, and Cursing
julesapollo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence
samvanz12's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Racial slurs
wordswithjustine's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Physical abuse
mongoosenamedt's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Drug use
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, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape
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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse
Minor: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Death, and Child death
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, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Minor: Trafficking
gbaty's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse