Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

24 reviews

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

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

winnifred's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Addiction, and Child death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Confinement

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

livimw's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Xenophobia

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

fungivibes's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Death, Eating disorder, Excrement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pedophilia

franklybookish's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence