Quick impressions: Interesting as the book can be at times, it can also be seriously depressing and even may make you angry at times. In some cases, the systemic corruption is so bad that readers may feel pretty hopeless. As interesting as I was finding it, I just cannot handle reading this during the Hard Times we are in, so I am dropping it and moving on. In addition, some of these stories, such as the slaughterhouses, have been highlighted in articles here and there, so to be honest, I did not feel like going through that again.