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Zeg niets: Moord en verraad in Noord-Ierland by Patrick Radden Keefe

18 reviews

travisppe's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Very interesting narrative, almost reads like a novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War

rcsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Say Nothing is advertised as though it's a true crime but the case of Jean McConville's disappearance is just a loose binding to what is essentially a history of The Troubles. From other reviews I've read a lot of people go into this expecting a true crime novel and are disappointed. But if you go into it as a narrative nonfiction history then it's incredibly readable and well written. Patrick Radden Keefe has clearly done his research and, mainly, stays impartial. You will kind of hate Gerry Adams by the end though!
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 I think this would be a good introduction to The Troubles for people who weren't around for this particular part of history, or just as a more detailed look if most of your knowledge came from Newsround in the 90's.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious slow-paced

5.0

Say Nothing is a chilling chronicle of The Troubles of Northern Ireland and its aftermath, with special focus on the orchestrated disappearance of civilian mother of ten Jean McConville.  Per the author, Patrick Radden Keefe, the book is not a comprehensive history, but as someone who knew virtually nothing about The Troubles going in, I found Say Nothing to be a great place to start.  I found the account of the Price sisters to be particularly fascinating.  This is a compelling story about people standing up for what they believe in, filled with betrayal and deadly consequences.  Matthew Blaney’s narration is exquisite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Suicide, War, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Dementia, Pedophilia, and Child death

sjanke2's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Violence, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Rape, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Confinement, Cursing, War, Gun violence, Gore, Pedophilia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Torture, and Grief

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Exemplary writing. The Troubles are such a hard thing to write about, precisely because the story of the violence is still such a live issue. Still, this is a tightly coiled and deftly rendered dig into some of that hard history. Since it's such recent history, it was also really cool to be able to look up some of the obits and editorials that he discusses online, and know they were only a quick search away. Finally, and this is historian brain speaking, the absolutely essential nature of oral history projects especially to peace and reconciliation efforts is on full display here, and so is history's present-day relevance. A very well-deserved award winner, and likely to send me on another full anti-empire rabbit hole of books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Addiction, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Blood, Colonisation, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Torture, and Toxic relationship

danidamico's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

Hace años que tenía ganas de leer Say Nothing, pero siempre me intimidó un poco. Finalmente me animé y fue una experiencia increíble, por momentos un poco densa en cuanto a información, pero cada capítulo terminaba valiendo la pena. Hace poco cursé una materia que se llama Taller de Crónica, en la que vimos que una de las cosas más importantes de la crónica es que el cronista logre mostrar los hechos y no sólo contarlos. Patrick Radden Keefe lo logra, durante los cientos y cientos de páginas te transporta a cada lugar, como si él mismo hubiera estado ahí cuando todo ocurrió. El laburo que hizo para que semejante cantidad de información pueda ser narrada de una manera atrapante y disfrutable es admirable. Prácticamente se lee como una novela, transitando momentos de mayor tensión, de suspenso, de tristeza y hasta pequeños destellos de humor.

Con esta bestia de libro, Radden Keefe intenta relatar la historia del conflicto armado en Irlanda del Norte, en especial el período conocido como "the Troubles", desde 1969 en adelante. Pone especial énfasis en ciertas figuras del IRA como Dolours y Marian Price, Brendan Hughes y Gerry Adams, como también en el secuestro de una mujer llamada Jean McConville. Empezar esta lectura es como embarcarse en un viaje que te va llevando por lugares insólitos, sorprendentes y frustrantes, y cuando creés que todo terminó, aparece algo nuevo que te deja con la boca abierta. Es una historia fascinante y el autor sabe cómo contarla.

Say Nothing es, sin duda alguna, una de mis mejores lecturas del año y mi favorita de no ficción junto con Putas y Guerrilleras. En fin, no quiero seguir elogiando a Radden Keefe, hay miles de cosas para decir sobre este texto, pero no sé ni por dónde empezar. Creo que si tuviera que señalar lo que más me gustó es que nunca cae en el blanco o negro, buenos o malos, sino que se sumerge en las contradicciones y complejidades que caracterizaron a este conflicto histórico. Radden Keefe no subestima a nada ni a nadie, no simplifica, al contrario, te deja con preguntas abiertas. Te deja pensando. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Addiction, Child abuse, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Police brutality

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

If you are interested in The Troubles or the IRA during the latter half of the 20th century, then this is a well-crafted book.  By starting with the kidnapping of Jean McConnville, he has a thread to tie the book together.  However, it didn't work for me.  I don't read much non-fiction and was not interested in this particular story.   While I did learn much about the IRA and Northern Ireland, the large number of names and intertwining stories was tiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

ainereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse