Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

10 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

This is not an easy book to read. It is also not as 'own voice' as I wanted it to be, instead it feels like what high school history classes covering this time period should have included. I found the sections of other American history distracted me and did not help me keep track of what was happening. 
Indigenous people went through so much trauma and suffering during this time, one could rightly argue that many descendants are still facing a measure of suffering. This does not sugarcoat or attempt humor any of the situations. Some quotes have a grim gallows humor quality to them however. This is not something one reads to feel good. This is something that should be read and taught frequently, because no one should allow this sort of thing to happen again or continue happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Slavery, Classism, Rape, Deportation, Animal death, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Gore, Confinement, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Addiction, War, Police brutality, Grief, and Alcohol

katharina90's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I can see why this is a modern classic. 

It's a fairly detailed account of select atrocities committed by settlers and the colonial government against various Indigenous nations in the mid to late 1800s as the "US" expanded westward.

Some of the language hasn't aged well (to be expected) and the writing style isn't particularly engaging but the content was compelling enough to keep me reading.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racial slurs, Confinement, Rape, and Child death

wrenny03's review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.25

Utterly maddening in the anger and hopelessness it inspires.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, War, Colonisation, and Genocide

Moderate: Child death, Death, Torture, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Animal death, Murder, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This is a necessary read, especially if you're a US citizen

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Confinement, Racial slurs, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy

jarslberg's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Genocide

lindseychirinos's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Genocide, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, and War

poetskings's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

5.0

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee knocked me sideways. For a history book, I found myself getting shockingly emotional as I read and understood the atrocity committed against Native Americans, who more often than not merely wanted to roam free in the land that they had occupied long before the white man came.

I've had this book on my shelf for a long time and wasn't sure I'd ever get round to it - it's no mean feat to tackle, and at times Dee Brown's writing is a little blunt. Nonetheless this was an emotive plea for an acknowledgement that the white history of America isn't always the right history of America. I will undoubtedly be reading this again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, and Racism

meganpbennett's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is one of those books that is impossible to rate. It's hard to read, talks of events in brutal ways, and exposes the injustices many Americans are blissfully unaware of. Dee Brown is an exceptional story-teller, incredibly talented in her art. She tells the tales in the oral story telling tradition, which makes the book harder to read, since you have to read it aloud to yourself while reading. It would make a great audiobook. 

A colleague recommended this book to me and anyone else who hasn't read it. And he's right - everyone needs to read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Alcoholism, and Religious bigotry

junefish's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Kidnapping

kabornman's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking