Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

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

93 reviews

amberboo61997's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Killers of the Flower Moon is an intense, yet fascinating true-crime historical narrative where David Grann tells the story of the Osage Murders from a straight-forward and almost impartial point of view. The short length of the book may surprise people given the subject matter, but a lot of this tale is tainted with false reports, hearsay, and limited information thus stunting Grann's (and even the FBI's) ability to tell the entire "truth". It also doesn't help that while writing the book Grann uncovered numerous other murders and conspiracies that added onto the insanity of a story that was already riddled with disbelief and purposefully hidden from public knowledge. 
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.  

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Content Warnings

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

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

mabechel's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.25

It's an important part of history that I enjoyed learning. I mostly docked stars because the pacing was unnecessarily nonlinear in some parts, which made it more difficult to follow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

hanyaya's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse

j_hornick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, and Racism

cyberhavok's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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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

_wilhelmine_'s review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Kidnapping

miggyfool's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Genocide, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Violence

bookwormcat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Murder, Misogyny, Racism, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Death

confirmyourpassword's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

Incredibly dark and disquieting. It's a very engaging book but also terrifying and extremely sad. I think it's an important book to read but would advise to be in a good headspace before starting because the details can frankly be rather traumatic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Gore