A review by derrickmitchell
Welcome to Hard Times by E.L. Doctorow

5.0

After the devastating first chapter, I wasn’t sure I would continue reading as it was pretty bleak. It didn’t get any less bleak but the violence took a back seat. I felt like this was similar to a dystopian future book, one with zombies and showing how hard it is to struggle to survive, except it all takes place rooted in the reality of life in the early 1900s.