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Ok, I've only read 1/3rd of this or so, but that's IT. I'm done with it. Despite excellent writing, and superb narration (Frederick Davidson), there is no way I want to read this book. I find it offensive, disgusting, and not how I want to spend my precious reading time. (Yes, I know, it's a product of it's time. Got that. And yes, I know all about the evils of the colonization of Africa by various European powers. Enough to know that the Belgians took those evils to new lengths.) I don't need to read this to understand the evils, I already "get it". I don't need to read this for a class (I'm WELL past that!) And I certainly don't need to read this for pleasure, cause it won't give me any. I feel like my ears and mind need a thorough flushing with lye to remove the nastiness.
I'm going to go read Hiroshima now, where it's still a dark moment in human history, but where the author treats the humans as humans, and a book where I think I might actually learn something.
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