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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
24 reviews
aliciaurbain's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Murder, Racism, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Death
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
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
dxnatelli's review
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death, Blood, Grief, Racism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Death of parent, Hate crime, Gore, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, and Child death
Moderate: Infidelity, Stalking, Body horror, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Police brutality, and Medical trauma
Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Car accident
blaketisdebest's review
5.0
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
4.25
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.dev921's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Grief, Classism, and Domestic abuse
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
hellbender's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Racial slurs
adam0k's review against another edition
4.25
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