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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
10 reviews
crybabybea's review against another edition
2.0
The bits which did talk about Congo were informative and harrowing.
Groundbreaking for its time but I don't think it holds up well as a history of Congo.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
scarlettblythe's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Trafficking, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
drbealstod's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Genocide, Torture, Violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and War
mondovertigo's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, and War
gnome_tomes's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and War
alexijai98's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
theblushbookworm's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
riverofpages's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War
compplus53's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Colonisation, and War
baearles's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
Moderate: Torture, Violence, and War