Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

21 reviews

asen123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a crucial book in discussing the horrors occurring in Congo, especially they are not communally known. The pain and the raw emotion written is unbelievably powerful. The author goes into the history of the mining in Congo and the systems that power it.  

A warning: while this is such an important book to read, it discusses a lot of triggering things in detail. If you are unable to read things like that, please be careful when reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault and War

Minor: Rape

smilagros's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

I am still boycotting SMP but I think people need to read this book now. There is a genocide happening in the Congo and Sudan and this helps bring awareness to what is happening in the Congo. 

I will forever feel guilty for using the technology I use on a daily basis. People should never be forced into these terrible conditions due to the demand. My heart breaks for every single person who has lost their lives trying to make a living. Listening to the children stories made me angry at the world because they should be playing and learning. Not being forced to do this inhumane labor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Genocide, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, War, Colonisation, Grief, and Gun violence

haleybird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

This book was incredibly thought provoking and informative, it’s just really dense and was personally hard for me to get through, but I’m glad I did! It’s difficult for me to keep up with so many acronyms, company names, so much data and stats, etc. 

Regardless of that, however, I do believe this is a book that anyone who uses rechargeable electronics or electric vehicles should read. The more people know about the atrocities that continue to be committed in the Congo for the sole purpose of exploiting their resources, the better. 

I will surely be much more conscious about my consumption of products that use rechargeable batteries moving forward, as I can’t in good conscience keep blindly consuming while children, women, and men in the Congo continue to die indiscriminately. We all need to do better!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, War, Blood, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Genocide, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Colonisation, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Trafficking

meat_muffin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Genocide, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

Minor: Police brutality, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

drought_season's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Colonisation, Misogyny, Slavery, Genocide, and War

Minor: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault

ainsley's review against another edition

4.75

Absolutely brutal; functionally a sequel to King Leopold's Ghost. Yet another tale of horror that may have been avoided had the CIA not involved itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Slavery, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

devastating and so informative. free the congo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Death, Slavery, Violence, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Colonisation, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Trafficking

ecn's review against another edition

5.0

Mandatory reading!

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Content Warnings

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

scmiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Trafficking, Classism, Confinement, Death, Torture, Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Genocide, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Miscarriage

Minor: Car accident and Animal death

lowkeymarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Death of parent, and Sexual assault