Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

49 reviews

jillianselene's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Racism, Hate crime, Genocide, Child death, Colonisation, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, and Forced institutionalization

tiffyd's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

adam0k's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

absolutely fantastic journalism. well-researched, and exceptionally organized and paced. the content is so difficult and chilling, not an easy read by any account

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Blood, Grief, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Murder, and Gun violence

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Rape, and Sexism

corriejn's review against another edition

3.5

My suggestion: read just the first ~1/3 and then look up how the situation turned out. A bit overdramatic in places for me, but I learned about a lot of historical events I wasn't familiar with, in that first section. If someone is interested in learning about "the birth of the FBI," this probably wouldn't be the most satisfying option, either-- it's not really about that, the second section is more detailing the life and career of one particular agent (in the precursor to the FBI), including before and after these events.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Racism, Racial slurs, and Blood

buck_e36's review

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book. We cannot forget this horrific period of history. David Grann tells the forgotten story of the Osage Reign of Terror in concise yet emotional and descriptive prose, conveying the utmost respect for the real people whose lives and deaths he is retelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Alcoholism, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Addiction

books_withblooms's review

mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Racism, Colonisation, Violence, and Xenophobia

kcmag1's review

informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

Expertly researched and delivered by Grann, it’s a captivating and heart-breaking story that deserves to be told. Grann weaves a web of all the players involved along with the overarching trends and events of the time, while never losing focus on the suffering of the Osage people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Racism, Murder, Blood, Violence, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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