Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

109 reviews

mblanke's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Gun violence, War, Violence, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Death, and Police brutality

scarwilde's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

foxonabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Medical content, Eating disorder, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, and War

dorakathryn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

The last couple of chapters made me feel a little weird, otherwise this would've been 5 stars. Something about talking about the incredibly precarious situation these tapes put the unknown third individual in and then naming them and not really referencing any permission that was received to do so was uncomfortable to me after such conversations were referenced about other individuals. However, I did listen to the audiobook which did not contain the endnotes present in the physical one, so maybe (I hope) something is said there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, War, Death of parent, Sexism, and Violence

writer_a_fox's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, War, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

natalieballenger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and War

Minor: Alcoholism

micklesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

This was fantastic. The reader captured the darkness and mystery of The Troubles perfectly, and I learned a lot about a period and country I knew little to nothing about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death, Xenophobia, War, and Violence

camprocter's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

This reminded me a lot of John Hersey's Hiroshima. Incredibly balanced and informative. I wanted to learn more about the Troubles without all of the loaded language that still gets thrown around, and although this book is mostly focused on the Provisional IRA, Keefe wrote so strongly without passing any judgment. It's a very empathetic book about a very complex and painful time for all involved.

Strong recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

libbyhb's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely loved this - especially listening to the audiobook. The narrator was perfect. As someone who didn't know that much about the Troubles or Ireland/Northern Ireland to begin with, this story was so fascinating. I liked the way Patrick Radden Keefe weaved stories together, even jumping around in time as needed. I especially loved when it'd go on a seemingly unrelated tangent that would then end up being an essential part of the main story. So good, made me a rabid PRK fan!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Eating disorder, Murder, and Violence

library_bee's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Gore, Gun violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Eating disorder, and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism