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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
152 reviews
amberboo61997's review against another edition
4.25
I believe the book is a good read even if a common critique is its lack of descriptive details into certain parts or aspects of the subject matter. It's a good introduction if you want to look into American stories hidden or deleted from history by the "winners" and shows how a government organization such as the FBI began and operated on its own self-serving needs.
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Murder, Genocide, Racism, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Death
Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Physical abuse
Minor: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse
prettiestwhistles's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Murder, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Violence, Confinement, and Child death
Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Car accident
river23's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Murder, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence
Minor: Infidelity
kcup_espresso's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Racism, Murder, and Grief
burnourhistory's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence
joshkiba13's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Violence, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Death, and Murder
simmonsj's review against another edition
5.0
The best non-fiction for me are the ones that teach me something while making it an interesting and engrossing story. David Grann does this very well with Killers of the Flower Moon. I knew nothing about the Osage reign of terror in the 1920s (I know there was a movie made as well but also never watched that). The history of the area and people as well as the chilling murders that permeated the reservation were well relayed and amazing to hear about - not in a good way. The racism, prejudices, and loose law keeping were rampant and the effects of that time are still felt today within that culture.
The story flowed well about 90% of the time. There were a few chapters that, while the information was important, I felt the chapters themselves were situated poorly in the book. For example, the story was moving along and then there was a sharp deviation to the history of the area. Wouldn't have been nice for these chapters to be a little earlier so the main events were not split in such an abrupt way.
I listened to the audiobook, and the three narrators were well picked. The first part of the book concerned the Osage - the narrator was a woman that gave weight to their history and present situation. The second part of the book followed a FBI agent, and the narrator really sounded like a seasoned law officer in between the wild west and the beginning of a more orderly law enforcement. The last part concerned Grann's research, and the narrator had an air of an older reporter about him.
Overall I think this is a very impactful, well told story and would recommend to anyone with a desire to learn more about historical events.
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Racism
jenheitland's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death and Murder
aliciaurbain's review against another edition
4.0
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
4.5
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcoholism, Murder, Racism, and Drug use