Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

78 reviews

hanyaya's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

marcuslongoni's review

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Hate crime

miggyfool's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

vrybs's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Colonisation, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

daryn's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

jcbkr's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Death, and Racism

achay91's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Child death and Animal death