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Book Review of The Jungle

The Jungle
The Jungle
Author: Upton Sinclair
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 7


I read this book after reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. I had always thought this book was mainly about the meatpacking plants and how disgusting they were AND, while this was a part of the book and the plants are definitely disgusting, this book is much more than that. It follows an immigrant family from Lithuania as they try to make their way in America. Sinclaire really reels you in with his narrative and you can't help but feel for this family that quickly finds out that the American dream is not quite what they imagined.