Reviews tagging 'War'

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

32 reviews

bookishmagpie's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This book was gut-wrenchingly informative and meticulously well researched and presented. Reading this, I couldn't help but question my education and everything I've been taught about my country and its origins having grown up as an American. 

This book reminded me of the importance of humanity and how frequently throughout history the United States of America has lacked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, War, Genocide, Death, Islamophobia, Murder, Racism, and Hate crime

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

The book is so well researched and informative, I would give it 5 ⭐. That being said, it's like reading a textbook . It's very dry. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator is monotone so that didn't enhance it in any way. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Child abuse, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Hate crime, Blood, Racism, Physical abuse, War, Colonisation, Torture, Genocide, Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

This book was rough to get through, but it had more to do with the heaviness of the topic. Just when I thought I was well informed of the terrible history of this country, I learned even newer things that shouldn't have surprised me as they did. It was very informative though, and I highly recommend reading it, though I also encourage people to take breaks in between chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Genocide, and Racism

Moderate: War, Alcoholism, Child death, Colonisation, and Forced institutionalization

meh697's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Rape, War, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Death, Deportation, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

boopointeshoes's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Torture, War, Hate crime, Sexual violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, and Alcoholism

wifeslife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, War, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, and Slavery

cptcomfort's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Racism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Deportation, War, Torture, Gun violence, Violence, Slavery, Classism, Rape, Kidnapping, Hate crime, and Colonisation

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

This is a very informative history of America from the perspective of the tribes who lived here first. There’s a heavy focus on genocide and violence and a need for return and reform and reparations. Emotional read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cultural appropriation, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Slavery, Child death, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Violence, and War

matchamaker's review against another edition

challenging informative sad fast-paced

4.25

This audiobook is not formatted well. Without sections and subsections, chapters are very long and your place becomes inscrutable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Gore, and Genocide

cytipton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Cultural appropriation, War, Alcoholism, Genocide, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Classism