Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

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

14 reviews

maddireads13's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

Y'all WHAT. How did I never hear about this??? (Which is rhetorical because obviously the essentially genocide of the Osage would of course not be covered in my white history classes.) I'll definitely be revisiting this book because a lot of the sentiment toward Native people still exist today and we need to be much more aware of the total destruction that racism can cause. God. If this was a novel, I would have a hard time believing it. It's that intricate and horrific. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

booknerdsinmn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Forced institutionalization

Rampant prejudice against Indigenous people

emoryscott's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Incredible, heart-breaking story of the greedy murders of the Osage people perpetrated by white settlers. I couldn’t put this book down. I’m sad, angry, and frustrated at the horrors that this country continues to cover up. Every American should read this and reckon with the trauma we inflicted on so many. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism