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Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe
7 reviews
librarymouse's review against another edition
4.5
When I got to the last chapter, I was waiting to understand what crime Anthony Bourdain had committed or had been a part of uncovering, beyond drug use, before I realized that in the subtitle also notes rebels.
Graphic: Colonisation, Hate crime, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Gun violence, Death, Drug use, Grief, Cancer, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, War, Trafficking, and Infidelity
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Adult/minor relationship
just_one_more_paige's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Grief, and Gun violence
Moderate: War, Trafficking, Colonisation, Drug use, Addiction, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Infidelity
Minor: Suicide
jhbandcats's review against another edition
4.0
This series of articles were published in the New Yorker magazine over a period of 10-12 years. The subjects are varied but the constant is someone trying to get away with something illegal. The article on Anthony Bourdain doesn’t fit that theme though Bourdain was enough of a rogue where I can see why Keefe wanted to include him. I especially appreciated each coda with an update on the people profiled.
This is excellent true crime journalism, meticulously written, thoroughly fact-checked, and endlessly fascinating.
Graphic: Blood, Classism, Drug use, Colonisation, Violence, Suicide, War, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Murder, and Addiction
bessadams's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicide, War, Drug use, Violence, and Colonisation
issyd23's review against another edition
3.0
NB I love survivor but fuck Mark Burnett.
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
4.0
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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Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Drug use, Child death, Drug abuse, Death, and Mass/school shootings
sydapel's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Drug use, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Murder, Death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts