Neya Krishnan’s Reviews > Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives > Status Update

I cannot remember the last time I read a book that elicited the kind of emotion Cobalt Red has in me. My heart is perpetually heavy as I write this from my smartphone, powered by cobalt dug by small children who—often trapped in systems of debt bondage akin to slavery—die every day without ever having seen the devices that would not exist without their labor.