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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > January 2020 BOTM: THE JUNGLE BY UPTON SINCLAIR
 
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Gertrude Perkins
May 1, 2010

Gun Snake

dont talk to gun snake

Drops: human teeth

 Finished the book this morning, and drat, it was good. I wasn't expecting it to be so vibrant and visceral, and I felt myself getting pretty upset by how little has changed, in terms of the structure of society. Someday, I hope, Chicago will be ours! One thing that got a little old for me was the structure of certain chapters: "A marvellous opportunity/excellent luck!" -> "Things are going well, maybe this time it'll be okay" -> "Oh poo poo gently caress gently caress poo poo" -> "Wailing and misery and poverty and loss" over and over again. Sinclair certainly wasn't a subtle writer when it came to depicting hardship. I really liked it though. I'm glad it led to at least some reforms, even if it didn't usher in the socialist utopia Sinclair hoped for.

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > January 2020 BOTM: THE JUNGLE BY UPTON SINCLAIR