Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

23 reviews

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.

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

hellbender's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Racial slurs

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

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

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

lri_reads's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, and Racism

bethvance's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Colonisation, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Blood

xomandymoo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Racism, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Death, Murder, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gore

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Cancer, Chronic illness, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence