Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

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

58 reviews

dhelwagen's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

First nonfiction book that I’ve read in a while and what a good choice to get  back into the genre. Absolutely heartbreaking story that really makes you think about the history of the US and the dark sides of expansion. The writing and research are well thought out and organized but don’t feel like you’re reading a textbook. You come to know the characters as if they are still alive and grieve for/with them as they pass. Would recommend for anyone trying to get back in to nonfiction or, really, anyone wanting to read a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

poindextrix's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Murder

beetree's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, and Colonisation

Minor: Child death and Antisemitism

blaketisdebest's review against another edition

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

dontwritedown's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I wished I had read this before I saw the film opening weekend.

Being Native and being in Indigenous spaces, this case was familiar to me, though I didn't know the full story.

While I, like many others, would have liked an Osage to tell this story, I do not have an much of a problem with Grann telling the stories. Because Grann is a journalist and stuck to the facts and acknowledged not only in the acknowledgments who he was getting these stories from throughout the book. It is refreshing to hear someone not from our community accurately portray the prejudices Natives face in the court system. He asked "would any white man at the time convict another white man for killing an Indian?" 

I highly recommend, especially if you are Indigenous and had to walk out of the movie due to the gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

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.

unluckycat13's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.0

I really felt this was mostly a 2 Star or less book. The information is delivered poorly, the choices made for the audiobook are bad, the prose is certainly going to be a matter of taste (but not mine that's for sure). I feel like some people in the book were remembered in a bit of a romanticized matter. 

That being said, I do appreciate the unrestrained calling out of racism, and the systematic institutions that enabled it. I liked that the book also shows that people have always had the choice to be racist and some don't take it. For that alone it's worth the read I guess. I still didn't enjoy it. I feel like I could reliable count on certain YouTubers I watch too deliver this better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, and Murder

megboone3's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Medical trauma

kylasmv15's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Vomit

lindseylosers's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death