Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

116 reviews

leefox's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.75

“The blood cries out from the ground.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Domestic abuse

megboone3's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Medical trauma

yeld_o's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Rape, Gun violence, Racism, Hate crime, and Genocide

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

This has been on my TBR for years and I finally prioritized this read this before the movie came out. 

This was a hard read for a number of reasons: 
1/ The treatment of the Osage was atrocious and appalling 
2/ The book centers the white narrative as both the villains and the saviors and the 
3/ Most of the book lacks context and only fills in relevant elements of centuries of genocide, land grabs, and numerous other atrocities where the author thought they made sense

For me, too much context can be annoying, but in this case it only served to further center the white narrative and I found that frustrating. The story was still interesting and compelling to read, but I will be reading native voices on this topic to understand the complete picture. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Xenophobia, and Gun violence

xoshee's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

Incredible book detailing the events of the 1920s Osage murders in Oklahoma and the subsequent creation of the FBI. David Grann takes a creative approach to this investigative nonfiction, resulting in an immersive and emotional read. Even so, Grann takes special care to properly cite all references and quotes used throughout the book. I started this book with zero knowledge on the Osage murders and did not feel lost or that I needed more background information at any point, Grann covers it all in great detail without being dry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Death

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

czarnecki362's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Blood, and Murder

goldstrawberry's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.25

This book tells the disturbing and convoluted tale of the Osage murders. It’s very informative but a little difficult for my short attention span. I finally switched it to an audiobook and finished it within a day. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Xenophobia, Racism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Murder

readbycarina's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Infidelity

melanyjve's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship