Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

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

64 reviews

hi_itsnatty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

A fantastic story that is one of many on Turtle Island that needs to be consistently investigated all over. Overall, a good book to reflect and think about the stories still needing to be revisited and solved for families affected by MMIW cold cases.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Genocide, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Violence, Confinement, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Car accident

mabechel's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.25

It's an important part of history that I enjoyed learning. I mostly docked stars because the pacing was unnecessarily nonlinear in some parts, which made it more difficult to follow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

river23's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Murder, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity

psellars11's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

Full transparency, I read this book in the wake of the new movie released this year. That said, I’m so grateful I did! This book is incredibly detailed and the authors attention to every small fact from the original Osage nation’s history, to their forcible relocation twice to Oklahoma, makes it a very informative and interesting read. He also covers the murders, relationships and backgrounds of involved victims, investigators, and criminals. He also explains what happened at trials, and aftermath and lasting legacy very respectfully. 

I truly enjoyed this book. It was a little difficult to get into since it was so fact heavy, but overall he tells such a compelling narrative with thought and care going into the lasting impact on the Osage. I liked that he connected murders that occurred beyond the reservation and also explained the oil industry so it made more sense as to why the greed and murders would even happen in the first place.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Gore, Colonisation, and Murder

cyberhavok's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

marcuslongoni's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Hate crime

mmjohnso15's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

Pace-wise, I feel like the first section was harder to follow as I got acclimated to the writing style and many names. The second and third parts went faster and was written like a murder mystery. Content-wise, this book was incredibly heartbreaking and painful to read. The betrayals throughout made for a very scary read, especially being a true story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Violence

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Genocide, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Violence

bookwormcat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Murder, Misogyny, Racism, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Death