Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

47 reviews

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This case is completely insane and so so heartbreaking. I think non fiction like this is always at risk of being super dry and boring, but Grann tells the story beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Colonisation, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

abbylw's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

adam0k's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Classism, Stalking, Hate crime, Chronic illness, and Car accident

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

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

thebranchlibrary_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Colonisation

3littlewordz's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

4.25

Far more riveting than I had expected! I purchased a digital copy years ago after hearing an NPR interview with the author, David Grann. The book deeply demonstrates the pure audacity and unchecked depravity of colonizers. Whenever I read about early Americans and their treatment of either the enslaved or Native Americans I'm not surprised but I'm definitely exhausted. Grann is a writer and journalist, and his skills for detailed research only enhanced his superb delivery of this terrible period of American history. My jaw dropped more than a few times at the brazenness of the crimes, and the confidence that no one would face any consequences (and many of the perpetrators did not).  This is a fantastic choice if you are looking for an American true crime story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Xenophobia

corriejn's review against another edition

3.5

My suggestion: read just the first ~1/3 and then look up how the situation turned out. A bit overdramatic in places for me, but I learned about a lot of historical events I wasn't familiar with, in that first section. If someone is interested in learning about "the birth of the FBI," this probably wouldn't be the most satisfying option, either-- it's not really about that, the second section is more detailing the life and career of one particular agent (in the precursor to the FBI), including before and after these events.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Racism, Racial slurs, and Blood

jamie_rich's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence