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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
90 reviews
hanyaya's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse
j_hornick's review
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, and Racism
cyberhavok's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Alcohol, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Minor: Child death and Death of parent
_wilhelmine_'s review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Murder and Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Kidnapping
miggyfool's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Genocide, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Violence
bookwormcat's review
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Murder, Misogyny, Racism, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Death
confirmyourpassword's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Gore
jcbkr's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Death, and Racism
emadisonc's review against another edition
4.0
History is a merciless judge. It lays bare our tragic blunders and foolish missteps and exposes our most intimate secrets, wielding the power of hindsight like an arrogant detective who seems to know the end of the mystery from the outset.
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Minor: Rape
hannxm's review
5.0
The story goes as follows: white men forced the Osage out of their fertile lands to hilly and rocky land that I assume the white men thought would eventually lead to their deaths from starvation. But in a wonderful twist of fate, the land the Osage had been forcibly moved to was riddled with oil; black gold. With thanks to an Osage chief, they were able to have some level of control over their land and their oil, leading to the Osage becoming extremely wealthy, and, most importantly, their headrights could only be inherited, not bought. Well, you can imagine how pissed off the greedy white settlers were! If murdering them, starving them, controlling them, and moving them off their land over many decades wasn't enough, they now wanted their oil and their riches. Subsequently it led to the murders of countless members of the Osage tribe, with murders believed to have happened years before and after the Reign of Terror is said to have happened (the focus of the book and movie), resulting in a suspected death toll into the hundreds. Many of which were never investigated or not ruled a homicide.
Grann has written this book so wonderfully, I found it really easy to follow as Grann reminds you who people are throughout which I found so helpful. After reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a book full of names and very few (if at all) reminders to help you remember the countless people mentioned, this felt like a breeze to read. I wouldn't recommend listening to this though; you might find yourself having to go back to reread sections at times to fully grasp the craziness.
Sadly, and irritatingly, I'd never heard of the Osage murders or the Reign of Terror as it's sometimes known. I think it's pretty evident as to why that's the case. I love and thank authors that bring these cases to the light of day, defying the powers that once had control over the narrative.
As the mystery unfolded, not knowing who the culprit(s) was, my jaw kept hitting the floor the more things unravelled. It is infuriating and shocking how greedy, heartless and conniving these murderous men were. The main culprit was a self centred cocky bastard right to the very end. Some continued to plot how to get more money whilst already in prison for murder. Like what?!
I'm booked into watch the film soon, finally! But if you've already watched the film, I would still recommend reading this book as Grann includes so many photos, including of Pawhuska and living relatives of the victims. He shares interviews with living relatives and information that hasn't been spoken of before. He discusses a few murders before and after the Reign of Terror and attempts to solve an additional unsolved murder case! He also shares information about what Pawhuska and Fairfax are like now; the remnants of the buildings that are left as well as the masses of graves that paint a grim picture of the past, the Osages current struggles and their views on what happened and how it's affected them.
Grann did a tremendous amount of work for this book. If you were captivated by the film and the story, you'll only get more out of this book.
Graphic: Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Genocide, Murder, and Body horror
Moderate: Racism, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Hate crime, Medical content, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Kidnapping