Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

26 reviews

blorgons's review

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

jadepfaefflin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Eating disorder, Excrement, Colonisation, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War

bigheadcam's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

An absolutely incredible, fascinating, and perfectly paced narrative nonfiction on the Troubles. Radden Keefe is very careful to specify that this book is not "historical" nonfiction because a lot of the information in this book is derived from oral accounts. He did his best to reconcile these accounts by corroborating them with more official records and reports, but the Troubles are not well documented and were a truly chaotic time.

Radden Keefe's writing is objective and informative while also remaining gripping and maintaining an excellent storytelling tone. I was consistently impressed with how well he kept every subject covered interesting, and how he manages to switch contexts without losing the reader or making it jarring.

Thanks to John Oliver for recommending this on Hot Ones. I'd happily do the same for anyone with an interest in history, radical ideologies, revolution, and modern struggles for independence as well as the cost of said struggles.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Cancer, Bullying, Murder, War, Blood, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Confinement, Classism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Gun violence, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Body horror, Excrement, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Self harm, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

welaneyding's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, and Murder

helenab18's review against another edition

challenging dark informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Pedophilia, Suicide, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, War, Drug use, and Eating disorder

qqjj's review

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Vomit, Death of parent, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Medical content, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Grief, War, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Trafficking

zombiewilhelm's review against another edition

informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child death, Death, Genocide, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and War

nitar8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Confinement, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

Going into this my knowledge of the troubles was limited to Derry Girls and that small plot point in Criminal Minds, so to start I was a little confused (and I’m still not 100% confident) but overall was explained in an interesting and clear way. 

The audiobook gets a bonus 0.5 star (not included) because it is narrated by an Irish man and every time he said “poor” it added a week to my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Racism, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Self harm, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Death of parent, Hate crime, Suicide, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, War, and Murder

imds's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Colonisation, Grief, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Genocide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, War, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Self harm, Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicide, Confinement, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Xenophobia