Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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

7 reviews

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

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

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

zippz's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

Detailed and horrifyingly informative. It's an important read, but I wish a little more time was devoted to solutions and strategies to support the people of the Congo, rather than just failures to do so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

ecn's review

5.0

Mandatory reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tuesday_evening's review

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail