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Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
84 reviews
emzireads's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Colonisation, Hate crime, and Murder
aliasinferno's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Colonisation, Murder, Racism, and Violence
sixtimes's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, and Murder
river23's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Murder, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence
Minor: Infidelity
burnourhistory's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence
psellars11's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Gore, Colonisation, and Murder
hanyaya's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse
cyberhavok's review against another edition
4.25
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
dobermaier's review against another edition
5.0
LOVE the way the book is divided up and I love the self-reflexive nature of the last third. Hearing about the author's experience performing research and talking to relatives of victims and seeing how these harrowing events have impacted the future is stunning. This is the kind of history we need to be reading about -- the absolutely systemic and widespread nature of these murders exemplifies so much about how America operates. It definitely makes me want to read more about the west/southwest United States around the turn of the century, particularly from indigenous perspectives. Will be seeking out Osage authors writing about the reign of terror for sure. One of those stories that, unfortunately, is not at all surprising, but terrifying nonetheless.
Graphic: Murder, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation
marcuslongoni's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Hate crime