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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
21 reviews
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
bookishmillennial's review
Audiobook was incredibly monotone, so I don't recommend that. However, I'm unsure reading the ebook or print copy will be better, as this book was really repetitive, and didn't particularly offer any big answer or question about this horrific issue in Congo.
My takeaway is this: Do not buy new electronics that use cobalt; try to buy refurbished if accessible and use things until you simply *cannot* anymore. Like, until they no longer function. Until they cannot operate and it is slowing down anything you do on them. You do not need a new iPhone every single year, or the newest iteration of an Apple watch, or the newest iPad every time it's released.
I will continue reading about Congo, and will write to my reps about the U.S. companies' complicity in this situation. It's not perfect, and I recognize it's not enough, but it is what I can do as a singular human. I encourage you to do what you can within your own capacity and to inform those in your own circles of influence.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Alcohol
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
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
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
anirams's review against another edition
4.75
Easy to read and follow; good little of history for context without being bogged down in dates; very important.
Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
readingbrb's review
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Racism, Slavery, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Police brutality