Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

83 reviews

emzireads's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Hate crime, and Murder

aliasinferno's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Murder, Racism, and Violence

sixtimes's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Incredibly informative and powerful. The author was able to make his technical writing concise in a way that made it easier for me to understand than many nonfiction books I have tried to read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, and Murder

river23's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Murder, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity

burnourhistory's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

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

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

dobermaier's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I could not put this down. I finished in less than 48 hours. Even having already watched the movie (which I loved), this book still left me gasping and in tears. The book has a much broader scope and obviously gets into the weeds more than the movie. They are two separate entities for sure (I mean, obviously -- one is nonfiction and the other is a dramatized account). 

LOVE the way the book is divided up and I love the self-reflexive nature of the last third. Hearing about the author's experience performing research and talking to relatives of victims and seeing how these harrowing events have impacted the future is stunning. This is the kind of history we need to be reading about -- the absolutely systemic and widespread nature of these murders exemplifies so much about how America operates. It definitely makes me want to read more about the west/southwest United States around the turn of the century, particularly from indigenous perspectives. Will be seeking out Osage authors writing about the reign of terror for sure. One of those stories that, unfortunately, is not at all surprising, but terrifying nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

marcuslongoni's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Hate crime

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