Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

28 reviews

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

apworden's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, and Grief

jennswan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Genocide, Racism, Racial slurs, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Alcohol

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Rape, and Sexism

rachbake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Death, and Gore

billiema3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Gore

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense

4.0

A tragic true crime study of the Osage murder case. The tragic loss of many lives that were never fully brought to justice. Money the root of evil in this case and racial inequality and discrimination lead to this tragic trajectory of events. The outcry of these crimes and the fear that was created lead to the governments creation of the FBI. 

I learned a lot from this true crime book and enjoyed learning about not only the history of the FBI but the Osage people and the presidential corruption that occurred during these tragedies. I recommend this book to any true crime fan. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Genocide, Death of parent, Gore, and Death

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