Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

102 reviews

maxmilkman's review

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Grief, Body horror, War, Torture, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Gore, and Medical content

mikeybjones's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Sexual assault, Grief, Confinement, Police brutality, Death, and Alcohol

acaparro's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Minor: Racism

fiannah's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Violence, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and War

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

erinmg's review

challenging informative sad

4.0

Fascinating book! I haven’t seen the genre of “narrative nonfiction” much, but it felt much more accessible to me than a typical history book. If anything, it felt more anthropological in nature in the ways it ties historical events together through the stories relayed from the interviewees to the author. I listened to this as an audiobook and found at one point that I was confused on the timeline, so unsure if the recording was out of chapter order or if that was my own error, but otherwise I thought this was very educational and intriguing throughout.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, War, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder, Excrement, and Child death

mrcesq's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Generally really enjoyed it. Great way to tell a story recognizing biases and holes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Violence

jmyers1's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed this book! So much history I had never learned about in school, would highly reccomend - the narration is 10/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Excrement, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

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

chelcie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Eating disorder, War, Murder, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and Alcoholism