Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

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

58 reviews

buck_e36's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book. We cannot forget this horrific period of history. David Grann tells the forgotten story of the Osage Reign of Terror in concise yet emotional and descriptive prose, conveying the utmost respect for the real people whose lives and deaths he is retelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Addiction

travisppe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

Very informative and interesting! It read like a thriller and I loved the pictures 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

greatexpectations77's review

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

Y'all WHAT. How did I never hear about this??? (Which is rhetorical because obviously the essentially genocide of the Osage would of course not be covered in my white history classes.) I'll definitely be revisiting this book because a lot of the sentiment toward Native people still exist today and we need to be much more aware of the total destruction that racism can cause. God. If this was a novel, I would have a hard time believing it. It's that intricate and horrific. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

booknerdsinmn's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Forced institutionalization

Rampant prejudice against Indigenous people

mccluskyn's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emoryscott's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Incredible, heart-breaking story of the greedy murders of the Osage people perpetrated by white settlers. I couldn’t put this book down. I’m sad, angry, and frustrated at the horrors that this country continues to cover up. Every American should read this and reckon with the trauma we inflicted on so many. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

mayhem9683's review

dark informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

cait's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ljalarid's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Colonisation

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism