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A review by vortimer
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
4.0
Wasn't expecting a light read, but this is the bleakest, most depressing novel I've ever read. The protagonist undergoes a hellish journey as he and his family arrive in the Chicago Stockyards from Lithuania, filled with optimistic dreams, and suffer the worst fates imaginable.
The last section kills the flow of the story dead, as it transforms into a clarion call for socialism, as a cure for these ills, which adds an ironic twist when viewed from a century on.
The last section kills the flow of the story dead, as it transforms into a clarion call for socialism, as a cure for these ills, which adds an ironic twist when viewed from a century on.