Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips

8 reviews

collinaj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.5

This book was really heavy, really depressing, but impressively researched and thorough. Important to read. Disturbing. But I'm glad I know more about the history and impact of an area very close to where I grew up and where I work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, and Xenophobia

all_things_olivia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Murder, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

frannieman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

sarahmarie094's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Racism

xtinetreasure's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery

ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This book explores the history behind racial lynching in Forsyth County, Georgia that led to its largely white populace today. We follow the county's history with slavery and focus on the lynchings in 1912 with thorough explanations of the news coverage of the events at that time. The description of these historical events captures the horror and pain of the victims and the level of hate and racism that led to those events. This is not a light read in subject matter, but is incredibly informative and easy to follow. Definitely recommend if you want to capture a glimpse of racial history in the South. The author ends on a hopeful note which helps balance out the narrative of the events by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Hate crime, Murder, and Slavery

I will note that the author does quote many sources that include racial slurs, but he only uses them to illustrate important points in the text when he does. I mention this since the author is white and that may be something that some people may take into consideration when deciding if this book is for them or not.

teresareads's review

dark informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

gertsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence