Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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

41 reviews

its_kievan's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Since I know next-to-nothing about the Troubles, or Irish history in general, Say Nothing was absolutely fascinating and bizarre. Keefe doesn't focus too much of the political details of the Troubles, or even the origins of the IRA, instead following a group of key figures who were all connected, in one way or another, to the 1972 disappearance of Jean McConville. Say Nothing traces these people from the start of the Troubles to the present, looking at what they did and where they ended up. It would be nice to get more of an investigation into why they did it, since Keefe only barely touches on the history and morality of Irish republicanism as an ideology, but it's still an incredibly compelling look into the real people behind such a vicious period of conflict (especially Marian Price, who was involved with armed terror groups into her fifties, and beloved Irish politician and ex-commander of the IRA Gerry Adams). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Pedophilia and Child abuse

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

tomato_bisque's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I went into the book expecting a true crime story but left learning much more. It was a very good intro into the Troubles and its main players. I also enjoyed how it touched on the complicated morals of the whole situation. I definately want to read more on the subject. Some parts felt slow but overall it was great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Medical trauma, and Torture

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

rivercat0338's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Self harm, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Death, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

nyertryingtoreadeverything's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

exmareadastra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Incest, and Vomit

gwendolyn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Eating disorder, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Child death

malloryfitz's review against another edition

dark informative sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Child abuse

Minor: Cancer, Excrement, and Animal death

leah_alexandra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

chandrajohnson1208's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Clearly, Patrick Radden Keefe has done a tremendous job here, but this was a hard, hard read. I'm definitely done with nonfiction for a good long while now. Part of the fault is on me, because I thought the book would be more about the McConvilles and less about Dolours Price, but I was wrong about that. No fault of Keefe's, of course--just a dearth of information about the mother, especially, it seems.
Well-written, well-researched, and well done considering how unsatisfying the situation currently is, and how precarious its future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, and Police brutality