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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

51 reviews

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Racism

Moderate: Child death

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Classism, Stalking, Hate crime, Chronic illness, and Car accident

vickimarie2002's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Another part of history that I knew nothing about. Fascinating and infuriating.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Alcoholism

buck_e36's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book. We cannot forget this horrific period of history. David Grann tells the forgotten story of the Osage Reign of Terror in concise yet emotional and descriptive prose, conveying the utmost respect for the real people whose lives and deaths he is retelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Alcoholism, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Addiction

travisppe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Racial slurs, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

Very informative and interesting! It read like a thriller and I loved the pictures 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Hate crime, Murder, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Alcoholism

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

Y'all WHAT. How did I never hear about this??? (Which is rhetorical because obviously the essentially genocide of the Osage would of course not be covered in my white history classes.) I'll definitely be revisiting this book because a lot of the sentiment toward Native people still exist today and we need to be much more aware of the total destruction that racism can cause. God. If this was a novel, I would have a hard time believing it. It's that intricate and horrific. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Alcohol, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Child death, Stalking, Addiction, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Car accident

booknerdsinmn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, Child death, Chronic illness, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, and Drug use

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Child abuse

Rampant prejudice against Indigenous people

mccluskyn's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

emoryscott's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Incredible, heart-breaking story of the greedy murders of the Osage people perpetrated by white settlers. I couldn’t put this book down. I’m sad, angry, and frustrated at the horrors that this country continues to cover up. Every American should read this and reckon with the trauma we inflicted on so many. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Gun violence, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Vomit, Blood, Rape, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Genocide, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, Torture, Police brutality, and Racism