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Blown Away

Adam Hochschild, Adam Hochschild

4.28 AVERAGE

davidmichael8's review against another edition

4.0

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julietcarpenter's review against another edition

4.0

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An incredibly brutal and honest look at the horrors of colonialism in the very recent past. Very tough to read, but important history I did not know about.

bookswithbethel's review against another edition

5.0

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A must read. The kind of history they don’t want us to know and that is precisely why we must study it. 

saintwyrm's review against another edition

4.0

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ilshipmp21's review against another edition

4.0

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faerie_z's review against another edition

4.5

challenging sad medium-paced

crilcooclirc's review against another edition

3.5

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jgotham's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative medium-paced

hraja21's review against another edition

3.0

dark informative medium-paced

skunkape77's review against another edition

4.0

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I read about 3/4 of the book and skimmed the last bit because I was tired of thinking about this stuff. It was draining and made me feel sick to my stomach in a way that nothing since my first deep look at the holocaust has ever. It's a really great book about an awful topic that more people should know about. But goddamn. I was going to read Heart of Darkness again after this but I can't. I don't want to even think about this shit for a while.