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A review by mrs_a_is_a_book_nerd
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
3.0
3.5 stars
Initially, this book was equal parts fascinating and appalling as it unraveled the backdrop (motives & opportunities) and subsequent trail of murders of the members of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma. Another pitiful example of how our country and our government callously used and abused indigenous people-- not to mention buried and/or glossed over said offenses such that the average American would be completely ignorant of any of it.
When the tale shifted to the development of the FBI and its role in ferreting out the truth in the ordeal amidst blanket cover-ups by all levels of power and authority, it was initially interesting, but then became tedious. I read to the end out of a sense of "duty" to know the full history, but frankly, was a little bored.
That said, I know it's an important story to be told, and the Osage people deserve every bit of the truth to be brought into the light after decades of systematic and blatant murder, threats, and abuse of power that left generations of indigenous people fearful and families irreparably broken.
Initially, this book was equal parts fascinating and appalling as it unraveled the backdrop (motives & opportunities) and subsequent trail of murders of the members of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma. Another pitiful example of how our country and our government callously used and abused indigenous people-- not to mention buried and/or glossed over said offenses such that the average American would be completely ignorant of any of it.
When the tale shifted to the development of the FBI and its role in ferreting out the truth in the ordeal amidst blanket cover-ups by all levels of power and authority, it was initially interesting, but then became tedious. I read to the end out of a sense of "duty" to know the full history, but frankly, was a little bored.
That said, I know it's an important story to be told, and the Osage people deserve every bit of the truth to be brought into the light after decades of systematic and blatant murder, threats, and abuse of power that left generations of indigenous people fearful and families irreparably broken.