The Jungle
By: Upton Sinclair
Genre: Classic, Historical Fiction
Pages: 335
Published: 1906
Read: January
3 out of 5
Why I read this...It's simple. My brother made me do it. He said something along the lines of "You are 43, live it Chicago (area), read 191 books last year AND haven't read The Jungle?" So I accepted the challenge. I thought I would hate it. I usually don't like classics and my brother and I have very different tastes when it comes to books.
Well, I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't hate it and never felt the urge to give up on it. My main reason for hating classics is the writing style of the 1800's and early 1900's. This book, published in 1906, was not like that - It was written in plain language and I didn't need Cliff Notes to interpret every sentence.
I was expecting more about the meat industry. I always thought that was main premise (especially because of FDA's outcome from book), but after reading I found the meat industry story line to be a subplot. The book followed a family through suffering and surviving the early 1900's during the Industrial Revolution. I found it to be a very depressing story, which was expected.
My rating of 3 stars was mostly because I was bored through the political aspects of the book.
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