Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

139 reviews

meant2breading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

“History is a merciless judge. It lays bare our tragic blunders and foolish missteps and exposes our most intimate secrets, wielding the power of hindsight like an arrogant detective who seems to know the end of the mystery from the outset.”                                          
                                                                        The research done by David Grann for this book was of high caliber and was shared to us in a way that felt almost concurrent despite these horrific atrocities taking place a century ago. This book sheds light on the Reign of Terror (the rampant racism, corruption, greed, and the murders of the Osage people by many white people). It focuses primarily on the Burkhart family, the investigations involved, and touches on the FBI creation. It seemed Grann intended to respect and honor the Osage community in this book, who we learn will never have restorative justice. We also see a glimpse of the impacts of their generational trauma once all the motivations are clear. Hundreds of families have no closure either and it makes my heart and stomach ache. What a prominent reminder to know our history, especially its abundance of brutality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, and Violence

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Violence, Confinement, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Car accident

aliasinferno's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Murder, Racism, and Violence

lindsdavis's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Murder

burnourhistory's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

joshkiba13's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

What a tragic story---a real story. I studied and did a project on the Osage nation for school, then saw Scorcese's film Killers of the Flower Moon, which inspired me to read the book. There was so much information; the way Grann was able to stitch everything together into a cohesive story was impressive. Getting to the end and seeing how many people came together to cover up crimes was heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Death, and Murder

aliciaurbain's review

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Murder, Racism, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Death

caroline_123's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Racism, Death, and Domestic abuse

wickedspeed's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder and Violence

mjverrall's review against another edition

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