Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

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

16 reviews

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

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

lindseylosers's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Xenophobia, Addiction, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Violence, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Alcoholism, and Colonisation

imfixintoread's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

Grann did a fantastic job researching this book. It was hard to keep up with all the names, so I was grateful for that section at the end of the book to reference. It was so difficult to digest all that happened and yet Grann wrote in a way that made it straightforward. Truly a gut-wrenching part of American history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Violence

jillianselene's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Racism, Hate crime, Genocide, Child death, Colonisation, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, and Forced institutionalization

tiffyd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Blood, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Violence, Xenophobia, Genocide, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Infidelity, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Child death, and Racial slurs

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Genocide, and Racism

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Deportation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Medical content

suzydunk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

This nonfiction book reads like a novel and is hard to put down. It is a well-researched and well-written account of a period in history most people know little to nothing about. Just when you think it’s over, it’s not. The many actual photos are key, and I highly recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Murder, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization