Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

65 reviews

hannahbee_97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25

The narration on this was well done. I didn’t know anything about the Osage murders before reading this, it left me absolutely horrified and irate. It’s so important to remember the disgusting history of oppression that the US is built on and to take action against the ways that oppression continues to exist. The last third of the book hit me hardest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

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

doreneemi's review

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization

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

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

hi_itsnatty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

A fantastic story that is one of many on Turtle Island that needs to be consistently investigated all over. Overall, a good book to reflect and think about the stories still needing to be revisited and solved for families affected by MMIW cold cases.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

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

river23's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity

kcup_espresso's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

I definitely wanted to like this book more than I did. I think this story is an important one, showing just a piece of the history in which white Americans brutalized and murdered what is suspected to be hundreds of Osage people. The beginning really had me hooked, being from Mollie’s POV. But once the POV shifted away from Mollie I had a harder time focusing. I didn’t think the parts that discussed the history of the FBI were as cohesive as I would have liked, I’m not sure. I did enjoy the last third of the book of the author talking to us directly about his research. My opinion of the narrative style of each section could possibly be swayed by the different audiobook narrators as well; I loved the first narrator but didn’t love the main narrator for part two. Overall I’m still glad I read the book and learned a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Grief, and Murder

burnourhistory's review

informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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