Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

94 reviews

kmhandy's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.25

A sad and fascinating telling of genocide in Oklahoma that doesn't get taught in schools.

As if displacing Indigenous people from their land wasn't bad enough, this book will open your eyes to some of the atrocities committed against Native Americans.

This book is so interesting and important. I'm usually a mystery reader and will admit that after I found out who "did it," I couldn't quite understand why there were so many more pages left to read. Hang in there until part three, which will blow your mind and bring the whole story full circle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, and Colonisation

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thebranchlibrary_'s review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

swampkun's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

An absolutely thrilling read, Killers of the Flower Moon is a meticulously researched dive into a horrific period of American history that interrogates White Americans’ relationship with wealth, land, and Native American lives—and how sickeningly their perceived entitlement to it all permeated every aspect of society. The author both carefully records the investigations carried out during the Reign of Terror and sympathetically details the lasting impact of these harrowing events still felt by the victims’ families today. I felt the book was incredibly well-written, bringing to vivid life the people and places central to the narrative. Killers of The Flower Moon is a necessary novel that spotlights an oft-forgotten tragedy for the crime-obsessed current generation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Murder

Moderate: Colonisation

Brief descriptions of autopsy findings mentioned throughout, alongside mentions of anti-indigenous racism.

sondercactus's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Colonisation

books_withblooms's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

tiffanykw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

c_serpent's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I listened to this in one day because I could not put it down.

The book is split into three basic sections: the story of Mollie Burkhart, the story of Tom White, and the story of the author. The movements are extremely well executed and the literary voice is engaging. It's a very well written book.

But, like, more than that: history is insane. The things we don't get taught are wild.  I need everyone I know to read this book. 

Total score: 5/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

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