Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne

7 reviews

brandiereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Slavery, Murder, Gun violence, Rape, Colonisation, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

whitethief's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

Amazing book, dense with information and filled with all the gory details. I found it to be a pretty balance account of a part of american history that has been both romanticed and demonized, but Mr. Gwynne managed to present facts with a very captivating narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

joelmeador's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

2.5

This was very interesting but also it was racist as shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Racism, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

readingwithrebeccanicole's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Kidnapping and Violence

Minor: Child death and Rape

pirateenthusiast's review against another edition

1.25

A well researched book. I learned a lot, but this is where the positives end. The language used in this book is repeatedly and horrendously racist. I'm not sure if this was the authors intention or not, but he portrays the Comanches and Native Americans as a whole as "backward stone age hunters". Gwynne claims to be providing an unbiased neutral book that shows both sides in an accurate light. He certainly succeeds in not straying away from the violence of the Comanches with his brutal and graphic descriptions, yet when he describes the violence of the other side, the terms are much more vague, giving the reader the wrong impression. Here is a list of words used in this book and the frequency that they appeared.

Native: 32
Indian(s): 1,177
Savage: 28
Primitive: 19
Redskin: 3
Squaw: 25
Indigenous: 1

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Torture, War, Colonisation, Gore, Kidnapping, and Genocide

Moderate: Rape and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death

athill's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative slow-paced

3.0

Really interesting, bloody, heartbreaking history 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual violence

folieassdeux's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence