An engaging, captivating, necessary story about the ravages of colonialism under the Belgian King. Hochschild ties together numerous angles from the key players in the story, with evidence spanning over a century and including how this story impacts the global south today. Reading this book should give you a righteous anger to demand more to ensure the rights of your global neighbors cease being destroyed, and that reparations--true, substantive reparations--are paid for the theft endured by the Congolese, even up to this day.