A review by bookreviewswithkb
The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA by Jesse Katz

emotional informative fast-paced

3.0

thank you so much to @astrahouse for the review copy! 

readability = 100. it’s a very fast-paced, propulsive and interesting read. i was drawn into the story and committed to understanding the storyline in all its aspects. it was definitely hard to put down at times. but it lacked a stance, which i found disappointing. Katz points out many of the flaws within the criminal “justice” system, but didn’t explicitly state “this is wrong.” he didn’t criticize the system for the harm it caused in this particular case, the positions it put people into, the ways men of color are punished for the same actions white men in power take. i think he tried to be too neutral in telling this story
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