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Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe
3 reviews
issyd23's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.0
My fav chapters were the first and the last: Bill Koch gets scammed by fake wine and a profile on Anthony Bourdain 3🏴☠️
NB I love survivor but fuck Mark Burnett.
NB I love survivor but fuck Mark Burnett.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racism, Torture, Violence, War, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Domestic abuse
ashwaar's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
I have greatly enjoyed Keefe's previous books, Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, but I was also intimidated at times. Both are grand, shocking and eventful books covering crucial and compelling topics. However, Rogues felt just a little bit more accessible in comparison.
So to start with, this book is so easy to read compared to the others. You can take your time getting through it without forgetting what has happened in the previous pages. It also gives you so many interesting stories and anecdotes to tell other people. I relayed every chapter to my boyfriend after I read it because of how weird and interesting the stories were. My favourites were The Hunt for El Chapo, Winning, and The Worst of the Worst (in case you were wondering).
However, so many of these stories didn't have much of an ending. I felt a bit unsatisfied when I finished one of them, as although the crux of the story is interesting and compelling, these people and their stories and repercussions are never-ending. The story of the Jefferson wines, although fascinating, didn't end with anything more than a warning that the majority of highly collectable wines may be fakes, and the chapter on Falciani, who stole data from the Swiss banks, was open-ended. We don't really get any answers to the questions that crop up when we start each chapter.
But I understand these stories can rarely be tied up with a neat little bow. Crime is often confusing and complex, with different actors saying different things about their roles in the scheme. The lack of a finale doesn't take away from the stories in any way, it leaves the reader to contemplate the messiness of our modern world and the different ways we tell our stories.
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So to start with, this book is so easy to read compared to the others. You can take your time getting through it without forgetting what has happened in the previous pages. It also gives you so many interesting stories and anecdotes to tell other people. I relayed every chapter to my boyfriend after I read it because of how weird and interesting the stories were. My favourites were The Hunt for El Chapo, Winning, and The Worst of the Worst (in case you were wondering).
However, so many of these stories didn't have much of an ending. I felt a bit unsatisfied when I finished one of them, as although the crux of the story is interesting and compelling, these people and their stories and repercussions are never-ending. The story of the Jefferson wines, although fascinating, didn't end with anything more than a warning that the majority of highly collectable wines may be fakes, and the chapter on Falciani, who stole data from the Swiss banks, was open-ended. We don't really get any answers to the questions that crop up when we start each chapter.
But I understand these stories can rarely be tied up with a neat little bow. Crime is often confusing and complex, with different actors saying different things about their roles in the scheme. The lack of a finale doesn't take away from the stories in any way, it leaves the reader to contemplate the messiness of our modern world and the different ways we tell our stories.
Read more on Wordpress at Bookmarked by Ash: https://book990337086.wordpress.com/
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Drug use, Child death, Drug abuse, Death, and Mass/school shootings
yo_adrien_reads's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.5
Admittedly I did not look into how this one was formatted, I just knew I love everything this author writes. Rogues is comprised of exposé like pieces all tied together by this one theme. The rogues discussed range from the criminal to people who choose their own path in their profession, such as the admirable death penalty lawyer who defended the Boston Marathon bomber to Anthony Bourdain.
Like any collection, some of the examples Radden Keefe wrote about were more interesting than others. My brain kinda blanked when insider trading was discussed. Most of the subjects were fascinating enough that I continued with the stories.
Be forewarned, there are DETAILED descriptions of what happened to the Boston Marathon victims. It makes sense to include them since the section focused on the defense and therefore the trial, but I had to skip those sections.
Like any collection, some of the examples Radden Keefe wrote about were more interesting than others. My brain kinda blanked when insider trading was discussed. Most of the subjects were fascinating enough that I continued with the stories.
Be forewarned, there are DETAILED descriptions of what happened to the Boston Marathon victims. It makes sense to include them since the section focused on the defense and therefore the trial, but I had to skip those sections.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, and Grief
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