Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard

5 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Grief, Racism, Antisemitism, Blood, Chronic illness, Sexism, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Colonisation, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Genocide

Typical racism, xenophobia, and imperial attitudes of Europeans for the Victorian period. Genocide is listed as moderate because the Rwandan genocide is briefly mentioned without going into lots of detail. But it still hits hard in context.

crownoflaurel's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense slow-paced

3.5

Even if you argued this text is biased in favor of Burton, I think Speke would have been a incredibly poisonous person to know. 

Additionally, if Sidi Mubarak Bombay is the true center of this story as is hinted at — the summary of his life, apart from Burton and Speke, should have earned a chapter of its own, as they received. And not tucked into the epilogue. Arguably, he did go further and see more then either, so the content was there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Slavery, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Classism, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Genocide, Suicide, and Islamophobia

References to hunting:

killing of pregnant animals on purpose, and eating the fetuses

abbeysoffel's review against another edition

adventurous informative fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Racism

myworldtoread's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

It was a slow start, but after I got about 4-5 chapters in I started enjoying it a lot more. It was interesting just learning about Burton and Speke and their tenuous relationship as they explored Africa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Medical content

linseypenland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Slavery