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river23's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Murder, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence
Minor: Infidelity
kcup_espresso's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
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slow-paced
3.5
I definitely wanted to like this book more than I did. I think this story is an important one, showing just a piece of the history in which white Americans brutalized and murdered what is suspected to be hundreds of Osage people. The beginning really had me hooked, being from Mollie’s POV. But once the POV shifted away from Mollie I had a harder time focusing. I didn’t think the parts that discussed the history of the FBI were as cohesive as I would have liked, I’m not sure. I did enjoy the last third of the book of the author talking to us directly about his research. My opinion of the narrative style of each section could possibly be swayed by the different audiobook narrators as well; I loved the first narrator but didn’t love the main narrator for part two. Overall I’m still glad I read the book and learned a lot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racism, Murder, and Grief
katmindae's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Very important and interesting story.
I got a little lost with all the people sometimes but that's how it usually feels with nonfiction. I think I wasn't expecting this to be nonfiction but a novel about a real case, so when it read like a true crime documentary I wasn't as interested. Feels wrong to say that though!
For this audiobook version - I hated that it was split over 3 narrators and I don't really understand why - who was supposed to be who?
I got a little lost with all the people sometimes but that's how it usually feels with nonfiction. I think I wasn't expecting this to be nonfiction but a novel about a real case, so when it read like a true crime documentary I wasn't as interested. Feels wrong to say that though!
For this audiobook version - I hated that it was split over 3 narrators and I don't really understand why - who was supposed to be who?
ncox10's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
5.0
dghoiem's review against another edition
3.0
It's a fascinating story, but this was one of those reads that was hard for me to get through. Maybe because I had seen the movie first and knew the ending. For me, the focus of the book was much more compelling than the focus of the movie.