Jennifer Toth - The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City

Pros: The individual tales are heartbreaking
Cons: The book is poorly organized and melodramatic at times

Jennifer Toth spent a year in the tunnels beneath New York City and barely lived to tell the tale. But luckily, she did manage to do just that and her book, The Mole People is a haunting story of what most people probably consider to be more...

Pros: Passionately Presented, Informative and Interesting Content
Cons: none

The Mole people written by Karen Toth is a journalists view about people who by choice are not often seen, the homeless on New York City who choose to live under the streets in abandoned subway stations and other places.


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Pros: Study highlights social condition plaguing cities.
Cons: Sophomoric look into the underworld yields a charming portrayal yet neglects offering any societal solutions.

Jennifer Toth's "The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City" is a scathing non-fiction indictment of societal breakdown in inner cities. Partial academic study, partial true-crime, Toth's study of a few leading characters portrays life...

Pros: Fascinating glimpse at a subterranean world.
Cons: None.

I read "Mole People" after watching the "In Search of the Mole People" documentary. "Mole People" is a fascinating glimpse at various inhabitants and communities that make their homes in subway and train tunnels, both in abandoned tunnels and those still ...

Pros: Exciting read.
Cons: It's fiction presented as fact.

I read this book at first, and loved it. It's a great book to read. You get attached to some of the ...