Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

209 reviews

mjverrall's review

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

4.0

This book covers a very important piece of history that I would assume most people are undereducated about. It does so in a very approachable and well written way, but it very much centers the white people’s stories—following the white detective, murderers, and suspects in depth at the expense of some of the victims stories. That being said, it is well worth the read as long as you keep that in mind throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Violence, and Physical abuse

j_hornick's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, and Racism

cghegan's review

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Death

cyberhavok's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

alica2's review

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Another part of history I never learned in school...extremely horrifying account of the Osage murders in the early to mid 1900s. I thought this book laid everything out in an easily digestible way, while centering the impact on the victims and their families. Also in general just a chilling reminder that it's never just about one individual, and the lengths to which greed and racism can go when left unchallenged by social and political structures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Murder

kaylurzz's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, and Genocide

dobermaier's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I could not put this down. I finished in less than 48 hours. Even having already watched the movie (which I loved), this book still left me gasping and in tears. The book has a much broader scope and obviously gets into the weeds more than the movie. They are two separate entities for sure (I mean, obviously -- one is nonfiction and the other is a dramatized account). 

LOVE the way the book is divided up and I love the self-reflexive nature of the last third. Hearing about the author's experience performing research and talking to relatives of victims and seeing how these harrowing events have impacted the future is stunning. This is the kind of history we need to be reading about -- the absolutely systemic and widespread nature of these murders exemplifies so much about how America operates. It definitely makes me want to read more about the west/southwest United States around the turn of the century, particularly from indigenous perspectives. Will be seeking out Osage authors writing about the reign of terror for sure. One of those stories that, unfortunately, is not at all surprising, but terrifying nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

aggie2010's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Racism, Murder, and Gun violence

_wilhelmine_'s review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Kidnapping

reallyitsrudi's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I'm glad I watched the movie first and that Scorsese focused on the Burkhart situation more than the origins of the police. the cop stuff dragged so bad for me, it's a shame the last part is so much more interesting!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Racism, and Xenophobia