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

53 reviews

travisppe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Racial slurs, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

billyjepma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

5.0

A taut, dramatic, and excruciating dive into the countless horrible acts of violence inflicted by white Americans on the Osage Indian Nation. Grann's research is comprehensive, and his writing here is as sharp as anything I've encountered in my (admittedly meager) dips into non-fiction. His book occupies a fascinating place between hard-hitting investigative journalism—which is thrilling, by the way—and moving, often nauseating retellings of a history I barely knew a thing about. I love how grand the scale of the book is and how it centers the stories of so many people and gives them the respect, grace, and closure history denied them. The final section of the book messes with the propulsive pacing of the first two as they settle into the more traditional structure of a whodunnit, but it's in that section where the most meaningful bits of commentary are found. The FBI might claim to have ended the "Years of Terror," but the truth is far bloodier than that, and the closure the American government provided was a half-measure that dismissed countless unsolved murders into the dark annals of history.

Part of me wanted Grann to lean further into his political leanings, specifically regarding the FBI, as my outrage at the truths the book illuminates made me eager for some scathing rebuttal or judgment. But I'm glad Grann has more restraint than me, as his approach is far more effective and searing than any commentary could be, especially considering how damning the hard facts of the story are. And to his credit, the historical details and quotes he uses in the section documenting the FBI's development speak volumes to his opinion of the thing. Even Tom White, the "hero" of the FBI investigation that resulted in meaningful arrests, is a flawed person who, as Grann smartly and briefly acknowledges at one point, eventually settles into the same lifestyle as the people he's often quoted as detecting. 

I'm incredibly glad I read this (or, rather, listened to the excellent audiobook), and in an ideal world, I would love to assume that it becomes mandatory reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, and Hate crime

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Child death, Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Genocide, and Racism

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Deportation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Medical content

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

Y'all WHAT. How did I never hear about this??? (Which is rhetorical because obviously the essentially genocide of the Osage would of course not be covered in my white history classes.) I'll definitely be revisiting this book because a lot of the sentiment toward Native people still exist today and we need to be much more aware of the total destruction that racism can cause. God. If this was a novel, I would have a hard time believing it. It's that intricate and horrific. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Alcohol, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Child death, Stalking, Addiction, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Car accident

booknerdsinmn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, Child death, Chronic illness, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, and Drug use

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Child abuse

Rampant prejudice against Indigenous people

desana75's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Murder

Moderate: Child death

mccluskyn's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

emoryscott's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Incredible, heart-breaking story of the greedy murders of the Osage people perpetrated by white settlers. I couldn’t put this book down. I’m sad, angry, and frustrated at the horrors that this country continues to cover up. Every American should read this and reckon with the trauma we inflicted on so many. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Gun violence, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Vomit, Blood, Rape, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Genocide, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, Torture, Police brutality, and Racism

cait's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Drug use, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, Racism, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Stalking, Violence, Addiction, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Child death, Medical content, Murder, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Genocide, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Racism