Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

15 reviews

maevebeck's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.0

excellent source for understanding poverty in a more intimate and human way. overall the story desmond tells is confusing and kind of all over the place. few stories actually have a beginning middle and end ?? i understand that they’re real stories tho and that’s not always possible. very good book though!

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Content Warnings

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

larbster90's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

One of the best non-fiction books I've read. Tells the story of eviction not just with numbers, but with human stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

junefish's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

katsudonburi's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

5.0

A brutal and incredibly upsetting look at poverty and the damage eviction does to people and their families; what keeps it from reading as trauma porn is the author's deep commitment to the humanity of his subjects and constant examination of the systems that have not so much failed them as been designed to exploit them. 

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Content Warnings

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