Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

144 reviews

joshkiba13's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

What a tragic story---a real story. I studied and did a project on the Osage nation for school, then saw Scorcese's film Killers of the Flower Moon, which inspired me to read the book. There was so much information; the way Grann was able to stitch everything together into a cohesive story was impressive. Getting to the end and seeing how many people came together to cover up crimes was heartbreaking. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Death, and Murder

aliciaurbain's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Murder, Racism, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Death

caroline_123's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Racism, Death, and Domestic abuse

wickedspeed's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Murder and Violence

mjverrall's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

4.0

This book covers a very important piece of history that I would assume most people are undereducated about. It does so in a very approachable and well written way, but it very much centers the white people’s stories—following the white detective, murderers, and suspects in depth at the expense of some of the victims stories. That being said, it is well worth the read as long as you keep that in mind throughout. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Violence, and Physical abuse

cghegan's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Death

cyberhavok's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

kaylurzz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, and Genocide

dobermaier's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I could not put this down. I finished in less than 48 hours. Even having already watched the movie (which I loved), this book still left me gasping and in tears. The book has a much broader scope and obviously gets into the weeds more than the movie. They are two separate entities for sure (I mean, obviously -- one is nonfiction and the other is a dramatized account). 

LOVE the way the book is divided up and I love the self-reflexive nature of the last third. Hearing about the author's experience performing research and talking to relatives of victims and seeing how these harrowing events have impacted the future is stunning. This is the kind of history we need to be reading about -- the absolutely systemic and widespread nature of these murders exemplifies so much about how America operates. It definitely makes me want to read more about the west/southwest United States around the turn of the century, particularly from indigenous perspectives. Will be seeking out Osage authors writing about the reign of terror for sure. One of those stories that, unfortunately, is not at all surprising, but terrifying nonetheless. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

aggie2010's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Racism, Murder, and Gun violence