Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

60 reviews

ktkeps's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Grief, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Violence, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense

5.0

It's one of those books you don't want to read because you know it's sad, but you know you need to. The injustice that the Osage people suffered is unimaginable. This book shines a light on Oklahoma's dark past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Genocide, Racism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Gun violence, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

twistykris's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Death, Classism, Colonisation, Gun violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

dxnatelli's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death, Blood, Grief, Racism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Death of parent, Hate crime, Gore, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Stalking, Body horror, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Car accident

kathmulderry's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Oh geez. Shocking, not that these evil has existed, but the depths of the evil. Grann tells the story with no holds barred. I appreciate his detail and storytelling and clear care and sorrow for the Osage people. The Reign of Terror is an important piece of American history, and I would recommend this to anyone curious about understanding what the Osage have been put through. If you struggle with non-fiction this also doesn’t have that textbook-y read to it, without watering down the info. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Violence, and Murder

blaketisdebest's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Truly one of the best books I’ve ever read. Chronicles the grotesque history of abuse and extortion of the indigenous in the americas as a legacy that continues today. The author approaches the nonfiction tale as a narrative beyond reality by how shocking and inane the story of the Osage truly is.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Genocide, Gore, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Cursing, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, and Hate crime

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

A non-fiction book that moves with the urgency of a murder-mystery, this account of a forgotten injustice will boil your blood, especially since the crimes were saturated with racism against the Osage First Nations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Genocide, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, Infidelity, Ableism, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

Be warned that there is a graphic bombing episode, medical content involving diabetes, covering up crime scenes, frequent poisoning, financial abuse, policies preventing First Nations from accessing their accounts, court scenes, and mention of “burning human flesh” from an electric chair.

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

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