5 stars
I am somewhat at a loss for how to review this book, it won the Pulitzer and has been discussed thoroughly in media so I'm not sure I have much to add to the discussion. First and foremost, this is an important book, one that should be widely read in order to get a real grasp of the class differences in this country and how complicated poverty really is. Matthew Desmond, a Sociology professor, completed an incredibly in depth and up close study of how the poorest of the poor navigate the rental markets in some of Milwaukee's toughest neighborhoods. This is not just an important social study but it is also an incredibly gripping and well written book. For the entirety of the book Desmond is a nonentity as he tells these emotionally fraught stories of desperation, mistreatment, self-destruction and despair. In the end Desmond makes a real case for his conclusion that everyone deserves a nice place to live and that it really is the first step in making a life and lifting up out of poverty. I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for an honest review.
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