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ztaylor4's review
4.0
I enjoyed this book. The story itself was really interesting, and it pulled me along. My only complaint would be that so many of the characters were pretty much interchangeable for a good portion of the book--especially Stanley's fellow white explorers.
lakecake's review
3.0
Mostly everyone remembers Stanley's most famous journey through Africa, to find Livingstone, even if it's only through cartoons or pop-culture references. (Dr. Livingstone, I presume?) But the details of that expedition, the rest of Stanley's trips to Africa, and the other terrible things that colonialism in general wrought are often lost, and that's a shame. The attitudes toward Africa as a whole, and Africans as "subhuman" is on full display here. The grab for power and for glory at the expense of all else is as well. It's illuminating and well written, but it's also really hard to read because of all the unpleasantness.
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