A review by mara_miriam
The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland by Dan Barry

3.0

I appreciated this book and I'm glad I read it because I think it's an important story. That said, the author did not do an effective job of tying the narrative into the larger story of agricultural industrialization, how the abuse described intersects with mistreatment of immigrant workers, or that this story is a systemic result of American capitalism. The prominent emotion I felt while reading this book was frustration at so many missed opportunities.