Reviews

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom by Kathryn Olivarius

sasinshort's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

nancebe's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Wow, it's crazy how little had changed in Louisiana from Yellow fever to Covid. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Violence

sophialovesbugs's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

adamjensen's review

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

o_w_e_n's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cxcarlislevilas's review

informative

5.0

waybacknaveen's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Absolutely wild to see history repeating itself right now. Capitalism kills!!! There is no amount of death that can curtail the greedy pursuit of wealth for a capitalist. 

tinyhands15's review

informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

breadandmushrooms's review

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.25

cherryboyhunter's review

5.0

I found myself constantly finding yellow fever and covid parallels which was equally unsurprising and depressing. What I was surprised by was how little I knew of American slavery. This was an eye opening book that, despite it's subject matter, had an energetic pace that made it hard to put down.