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Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe
7 reviews
sshabein's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Suicide
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
yo_adrien_reads's review against another edition
3.5
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.
Graphic: Child death and Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, and Grief