A review by maddyb001
Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse by Timothy P. Carney

3.0

This book was full of interesting conservative politics and thinking. I wish there was less commentary on Trump because by the end it felt very repetitive. I thought this book was a really interesting conversation started. What does happiness look like? What does a fulfilled life look like? What does a thriving community look like? I wish he would have gone more into how to build community, beyond church walls considering a lot of people are not interested in organized religion. I am interested to read some of the books he quoted in here especially "Bowling Alone" to see how much of the concepts of the criticalness of community and social capital were his ideas versus him appealing to give churches a larger role in society.