Title: Congo deserves better
Product review: Although Adam Hochschild's work is admirable it is not the masterpiece it is made out to be. In fact the author's holier-than-thou attitude and his un-nuanced view of foreign affairs in the late Nineteenth Century, makes his book an irritating read. Irritating because the Congo deserves better: with so much horror and so much bloodshed, the author really did not have to pepper his literature with his own chewed out opinions. He should have let the facts and the stories speak for themselves. Additionally, he should have taken more time to fit the Congo into its historical perspective. Narrative history should show some balance, this book doesn't.
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