Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

54 reviews

zsabella's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

gabbyeleene's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Colonisation

sheriffrockyraccoon's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

While I am a movie person and obviously watched the Oscars this year where its movie adaptation was frequently nominated, I had managed to avoid knowing much about the Osage murders before reading this book.

David Grann’s writing is fantastic. He manages to keep his language accessible and fluid while also not deviating too far from the facts of the case. This book is part thriller, part nonfiction, and while it is easy to cross that line into sensationalism, I believe Grann worked incredibly hard to make sure the families of the victims were heard and not drowned out by the “true crime” aspects of the case.

The last chapter, “A Case Unsolved”, devastated me. Just when you think there has been justice for these people ignored by the U.S. government, you see how far the conspiracy goes. It was heartbreaking and real, which I appreciated considering how easy it is today to write a true crime story in the form of a ghost story. This book served as a brutal reminder of the treatment Indigenous Americans have endured- and still endure- at the hands of the government.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in U.S. history, especially that of the Wild West. While it may be after the period we consider “Western”, it holds the same ideology even as the country moves into a different era. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

larareads's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Child death

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

aliciaurbain's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

cyberhavok's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

vulco1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

This book was great.  Hadn't seen the movie yet.  Most of this book felt a lot like a slow burn prose thriller.  At times there were parts where you couldn't be sure it was non-fiction.  As you can see from my star review, I loved this.  

In some ways, better than his book, The Wager.

The audio book was great.  It has 3 narrators.  The first 2 were great. The third one was ok, but evocative.  Will Patton is an amazing reader. He was doing voices and accents and tone shifts and everything.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism and Child death

marcuslongoni's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

bookwormcat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation