annemariecunningham 's review for:

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

1.5

informative slow-paced

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Intriguing title, boring content. Far too detail-laden to be interesting. I felt like I was listening to an extended version of a Wikipedia page. The most engaging part was the short piece at the end about Mobutu’s reign of terror, but it came too late to redeem the book. 

Don’t recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Colonisation

Moderate: War

Minor: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Murder