Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

56 reviews

kathmulderry's review

informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Oh geez. Shocking, not that these evil has existed, but the depths of the evil. Grann tells the story with no holds barred. I appreciate his detail and storytelling and clear care and sorrow for the Osage people. The Reign of Terror is an important piece of American history, and I would recommend this to anyone curious about understanding what the Osage have been put through. If you struggle with non-fiction this also doesn’t have that textbook-y read to it, without watering down the info. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Violence, and Murder

blaketisdebest's review

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Truly one of the best books I’ve ever read. Chronicles the grotesque history of abuse and extortion of the indigenous in the americas as a legacy that continues today. The author approaches the nonfiction tale as a narrative beyond reality by how shocking and inane the story of the Osage truly is.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Genocide, Gore, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Cursing, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, and Hate crime

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

A non-fiction book that moves with the urgency of a murder-mystery, this account of a forgotten injustice will boil your blood, especially since the crimes were saturated with racism against the Osage First Nations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Genocide, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, Infidelity, Ableism, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

Be warned that there is a graphic bombing episode, medical content involving diabetes, covering up crime scenes, frequent poisoning, financial abuse, policies preventing First Nations from accessing their accounts, court scenes, and mention of “burning human flesh” from an electric chair.

leefox's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.75

“The blood cries out from the ground.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Domestic abuse

megboone3's review

dark informative sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Medical trauma

aparizo704's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Child death

goldstrawberry's review

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.25

This book tells the disturbing and convoluted tale of the Osage murders. It’s very informative but a little difficult for my short attention span. I finally switched it to an audiobook and finished it within a day. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Xenophobia, Racism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Murder

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

5.0

I saw the movie first and was really impressed - both from a point of awe (of the film's accomplishment) and also from the point of disbelief (of the evil portrayed by the film). I couldn't believe it. Turns out the film was true to every word in the book - at least the portions storytold. The last few chapters were left out, but that's because the movie was focused on Hale. Just like Kate Moore's The Woman They Could Not Silence made me hate weak men, this book makes me hate greedy men. It's like they were the ones the Bible was talking about when it said money was the root of all evil. I'm so deeply saddened for the Osage. I'm also grateful David Grann decided to investigate this story and tell it. I have no idea how long it took to get to the bottom of all these murders, but I sure hope he gets a crapload of money from the movie and lots of awards so that he can continue telling these important stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Infidelity, Violence, Hate crime, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Grief, and Racism

kylasmv15's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Murder, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide

Minor: Vomit

dev921's review

dark informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Grief, Classism, and Domestic abuse