Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Vầng Trăng Máu: Cuộc Thảm Sát Người Osage và Sự Ra Đời của Tổ Chức FBI by David Grann

52 reviews

aparizo704's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Child death

alvaradoms's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

This book was so informative. I had no idea that any of this happened and it was fascinating to learn. It is so sad what had happened. The evil that is present in men is truly frightening. The style of the writing this book was easy to comprehend, and was engaging. However, in between the captivating chapters, there were chapters that seemed to be unrelated to the story, and seemed to just fill pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

atalea's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Suicide

Minor: Child death and Physical abuse

lindseylosers's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Xenophobia, Addiction, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This case is completely insane and so so heartbreaking. I think non fiction like this is always at risk of being super dry and boring, but Grann tells the story beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Colonisation, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

randisworld's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

This is an incredible story about how greed of white immigrants caused the deaths of so many Osage people. It’s a disgusting honestly but a very necessary read. There is so much hidden in American history and I am thankful that this story came to light. My only criticism was in the structure. The 2nd section, to me, could have just been a separate book. Trying to integrate the founding of the FBI into this didn’t work for me. So I gave it 4 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Toxic relationship, and Hate crime

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Child death, and Suicide

The behavior of these men is truly disgusting. I was happy to see that Wikipedia has them characterized as serial killers. That’s exactly what it was.

xenomorph's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Child abuse, Colonisation, Child death, and Racial slurs

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

David Grann is one of our greatest nonfiction authors alive. Every topic he chooses is brought to life no matter how many years have passed since the events took place. His writing is smooth and unobtrusive, describing the past in a matter-of-fact, approachable way. If history books had been like this in high school, we’d all have gone on to be scholars. 

Killers of the Flower Moon is an especially difficult book to read, not because of the writing but because the subject is so painful. Grann documents how literally hundreds of Osage were murdered for riches in the early 20th C. As American Indians, their lives were worth less than that of dogs. An entire corrupt and venal society was arrayed against them. Well aware they were systematically being murdered, they had no recourse. The authorities, both political and legal, were complicit in the murders. No one would help save them from eradication. 

This is an excellent telling of a dark and shameful time in our history. If only this much attention had been paid a hundred years ago some of the Osage who were murdered might have lived. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Gore, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Abandonment, Blood, and Child death

kimmykelly's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Violence, Death, and Murder

jillianselene's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Racism, Hate crime, Genocide, Child death, Colonisation, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, and Forced institutionalization