Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

15 reviews

sareidle's review

dark informative sad slow-paced

3.75

An extremely important book that highlights the human cost of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The author did a pretty good job focusing on the Congolese and their experiences as artisanal miners. It was devastatingly sad to learn of the generational suffering in the country. My only critique is that the author needed to provide a better call to action towards the conclusion. Yes, it is important for the Congolese to tell their own stories, but what can the international community do to make that possible and improve their conditions in the meantime?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dragongirl271's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Police brutality and Pandemic/Epidemic

anjasshelf's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

chanatova's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

anna_wa's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ohlhauc's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

careinthelibrary's review

informative sad

Learned so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

anirams's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

Everyone who's ever used an electronic device should read this.
Easy to read and follow; good little of history for context without being bogged down in dates; very important.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

meat_muffin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

scmiller's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death and Car accident