Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

12 reviews

sjanke2's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Violence, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Rape, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Confinement, Cursing, War, Gun violence, Gore, Pedophilia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Torture, and Grief

kimveach's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

If you are interested in The Troubles or the IRA during the latter half of the 20th century, then this is a well-crafted book.  By starting with the kidnapping of Jean McConnville, he has a thread to tie the book together.  However, it didn't work for me.  I don't read much non-fiction and was not interested in this particular story.   While I did learn much about the IRA and Northern Ireland, the large number of names and intertwining stories was tiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War