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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
18 reviews
bookforthought's review
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Minor: Child death and Genocide
omair's review
4.0
After all of the hype and excitement I had for the film adaptation, I knew I had to read the source material as soon as possible. I had thought I would take to the book far more than the film, which I did thoroughly like, because I went into the film expecting more police procedural and less story of love
Yet as I read this book, I found myself agreeing more and more with the decisions the film made. This is not a slight against the book, but further praise for the film. The purposes of the film and the book are not one and the same, and so it is vital to anyone that, like me, is coming to read because/after the film to understand before they begin.
REVIEW THE BOOK INDEPENDENT OF THE FILM (which is what I intend to do)
Killers is as informative of a book as I could've imagined considering the personal story the primary focus is on. The book is overflowing with descriptors that will make you feel sorrow and anger, leave you wondering what humanity is and why it is missing. While only covering a handful of incidences, the cold factual presentation will leave you reeling, as if sensing how small a fraction the sample is compared to the population. All totaled, the official death count may
If you can make it through the pain and sadness, there is a beautiful story here of a people's survival. The heart to endure and rally is as much a light as the era is an inky darkness. The book may focus on Thomas White, his team of agents, and their investigation that finally tore down the veil behind which the atrocities hid, but the real heroes are the Osage people.
For as strong as the book is in its cold, clearly well-researched, tone, I also found this to be a slight undoing. The voice can feel rather impersonal at times, leaving the reader as a student of history rather than immersed in the moment. This is why I agree with the decisions made for the film adaptation. Maybe I would feel differently not having known the details from the film first, I can never know for sure. But the progression of the book, and some of the detours along the way, played loose with risking a reader to set the book down only to never return and finish.
Ultimately, I will recommend this read to anyone with an interest in the Reign of Terror, interest in the era, an interest in the realities of White American Exceptionalism, or a morbid curiosity of a casual genocide. Sticking through some of the uneven pacing is well worth it for the resulting reverence of the Osage, and Mollie in particular, all carrying inside of them something no man could ever kill.
Graphic: Death, Racism, Hate crime, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, and Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Classism, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, and Confinement
Minor: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Medical content, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Animal death, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Child death, and Cultural appropriation
dhelwagen's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Genocide, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence
kylasmv15's review
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Murder, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide
Minor: Vomit
lindseylosers's review
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Xenophobia, Addiction, and Car accident
Minor: Animal death
hanhantap's review
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Torture
Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Addiction
tiffyd's review
4.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, Colonisation, Grief, Murder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug abuse
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Blood, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Gaslighting
buck_e36's review
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Alcoholism, Death, and Racism
Moderate: Grief, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence
Minor: Addiction
itsheyfay's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Classism, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Violence, Xenophobia, Genocide, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, and Racism
Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Infidelity, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Child death, and Racial slurs
travisppe's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Racial slurs, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism