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A review by madamenovelist
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
Typical racism, xenophobia, and imperial attitudes of Europeans for the Victorian period. Genocide is listed as moderate because the Rwandan genocide is briefly mentioned without going into lots of detail. But it still hits hard in context.