Review: all but the ending
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2013
the end of this book deteriorates into a socialist pamphlet.  not my cup of tea.  but after i read it i did a little research and it turns out that sinclair wrote this after he went undercover into a meatpacking plant for a socialist publication.  so maybe he threw the last in there to appease his employer?  kind of ironic considering the content of the book.  at any rate, this horrid ending wasnt enough to ruin the rest of the book.  a pretty eye opening tale of turn of the century industrialism and the corruption that existed there.  some have tried to point out how the exploitation of immigrants continues and how horrible it still is.  although if you noticed, it is the immigrants that arrived sooner that take advantage of the later arrivals.  anyways, a good read in spite of the ending.