A review by pained_creations
The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition by Upton Sinclair

informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I enjoyed the beginning story of an immigrant family barely clawing out an existence in Chicago. It was insight. Lots of details of the corruption and abuse in the stockyards in the early 1900's.
The last few chapters were basically a socialist manifesto, and were hard to slough through. More of a political essay than a fiction story.