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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
27 reviews
lizziaha's review
4.75
I think that before reading this book, I wasn’t really sure how to engage with the human rights violations in the Congo because the way I had seen it explained made me think that the problem was farther down the chain, at a local level. But this is something that the book addresses—at every point in the supply chain, there is someone who profits from exploitation and at every point, they point the finger at someone else.
It was frankly horrifying to read about these people who risk their lives daily for a few dollars. It’s sickening to know that children die in tunnel collapses, that women grow sick from metal poisoning from tainted water, that men get shot by greedy entrepreneurs for trying to bypass the middleman. All so that I can sit here and type this on my rechargeable phone. It’s a tale as old as time and I’m so disgusted by it.
But I think that this is something that I have a moral obligation to witness. They say that history moves in circles, but that’s only possible because we don’t engage with it in a meaningful way.
This book makes this situation accessible—I felt like I got a broad view of the overarching system of exploitation and oppression, but also felt an emotional connection to the people whose individual stories were shared.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Slavery, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
tey_lynn's review
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy
dragongirl271's review
4.75
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
claraarianne's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism
kdbrightmore's review
4.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
anjasshelf's review
5.0
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
5.0
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
5.0
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
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
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