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4.28 AVERAGE
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For a book which concludes on the sad reality that one of humanities’ gravest atrocities has been largely forgotten in the West, it’s rather tragically apt that I bought this for a thrice reduced price of £2.50 in TK Maxx.
At first glance it seems like a compelling narrative, until you investigate the manifestly corrupt procedures Hochschild engaged in when writing. Recommend checking Bruce Glilley for a reality check on the Congo's history.
I stayed up to the early hours of the morning, finishing this book. It is so informative, and for me, so new and unheard of, that I wanted to keep reading, to discover the whole story. There are a few problems with this book--some overdone metaphors, a few opposing points. On the whole, though, this is an amazing book, detailing and analyzing a history few Westerners actually know. It gave me such a better understanding for events in Africa in the twentieth century. Everyone should read this book, but be prepared for great waves of revulsion and sadness, for this history is as sorrowful as any other of the darkest chapters in human history.
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This book was pretty good. Told the tale in a great story like form which didn’t make it feel clinical. It had. Great analysis of people, their motives and their contradictions.
The one things that really turned me away was the hints of false equivalence to Stalin and the Soviet Union. I see he wrote an anti Stalin book too so that makes sense. But my guy! Did it belong in this book? No? Saying that Stalin killed millions of people is a straight up lie. Of course if you are counting that Nazis killed during ww2, cool the number can high, but like good on them for wiping so many fascists out!
Speaking of fascists the author regencies William Randolph Hearst report, whom soon would become a Nazi propagandist and the guy behind spreading the false story of the”holodomor.” There are many photos of Hearst kicking it with Nazis.
I really liked most of this book but damn if it did not sour me with all the anti Soviet jabs towards the end. What a waste.
The one things that really turned me away was the hints of false equivalence to Stalin and the Soviet Union. I see he wrote an anti Stalin book too so that makes sense. But my guy! Did it belong in this book? No? Saying that Stalin killed millions of people is a straight up lie. Of course if you are counting that Nazis killed during ww2, cool the number can high, but like good on them for wiping so many fascists out!
Speaking of fascists the author regencies William Randolph Hearst report, whom soon would become a Nazi propagandist and the guy behind spreading the false story of the”holodomor.” There are many photos of Hearst kicking it with Nazis.
I really liked most of this book but damn if it did not sour me with all the anti Soviet jabs towards the end. What a waste.
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
challenging
informative
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced