Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne

11 reviews

myrrk's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, and Child death

jeddicat's review

Graphic with horrific violence against women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Colonisation, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Murder, Death, Child death, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Violence, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Classism, and Blood

gfmetz's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Child death, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery

yotchki's review

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

Historical non-fiction that reads like a novel. As brutal and unforgiving as it’s setting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence and Gore

lareads36's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

I can see how this popular culture book could reach more people than historical monographs. 

Overall the author recounts and makes the history come alive. At one point though, I felt he was renunerating atrocities on both sides too much.

the sixth impaled baby didn't have as much impact as the first five.

 

I will say however, I had been led to believe this was less history and more fiction. Inside not feeling that way reading it. Given my research, he glossed over a couple of points but didn't embellish. He does mention that Goodnight was the sole proprietor of the canyon when we know he was a part owner with financial backing from JA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Slavery, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Murder, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Gore, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, and Child death

brandiereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Slavery, Murder, Gun violence, Rape, Colonisation, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

joelmeador's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

2.5

This was very interesting but also it was racist as shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Racism, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

acunkle's review

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Murder

thecirclek's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

A detailed look at the decimation of the Native American population and lands in the 1800s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

athill's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative slow-paced

3.0

Really interesting, bloody, heartbreaking history 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual violence