Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

30 reviews

blaketisdebest's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Truly one of the best books I’ve ever read. Chronicles the grotesque history of abuse and extortion of the indigenous in the americas as a legacy that continues today. The author approaches the nonfiction tale as a narrative beyond reality by how shocking and inane the story of the Osage truly is.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Genocide, Gore, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Cursing, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, and Hate crime

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

A non-fiction book that moves with the urgency of a murder-mystery, this account of a forgotten injustice will boil your blood, especially since the crimes were saturated with racism against the Osage First Nations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Genocide, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, Infidelity, Ableism, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

Be warned that there is a graphic bombing episode, medical content involving diabetes, covering up crime scenes, frequent poisoning, financial abuse, policies preventing First Nations from accessing their accounts, court scenes, and mention of “burning human flesh” from an electric chair.

leefox's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.75

“The blood cries out from the ground.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Domestic abuse

phob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Probably the best book I’ve ever read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Stalking, Hate crime, Gun violence, Gore, Violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, Racism, Physical abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Chronic illness, Blood, and Alcohol

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This case is completely insane and so so heartbreaking. I think non fiction like this is always at risk of being super dry and boring, but Grann tells the story beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Colonisation, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

hellbender's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Racial slurs

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Rape, and Sexism

17kmcollins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Child death

lri_reads's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, and Racism

bethvance's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Blood