Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

5 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

strelitzia's review

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

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

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

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