Morgan’s Reviews > The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements > Status Update

The author's description of the conflict in the Congo is purposely obtuse when it blames "centuries old rivalries" and intrinsic tribal brutality for the horrors there instead of well-known systematic atrocities by King Leopold of Belgium. Obviously The Disappearing Spoon is not a deep dive of colonialism, but the author's gross mischaracterization took away much of his credibility for me.