Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

No diguis res by Patrick Radden Keefe

34 reviews

nitar8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Confinement, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

mmccombs's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Patrick Radden Keefe is the example of how to do great investigative journalism that blends facts, personal narratives, and emotional nuance. It took a while for me to get fully invested in this one (as opposed to Empire of Pain, which I immediately couldn’t put down), but after I switched over to audio to mix it up, I loved how Keefe guided our view of the Troubles through the lens of individuals and how their stories intersected. He never placed value judgements on any one person’s actions, but didn’t shy away from showing the incredibly devastating impacts of violence on communities. I learned a lot from this one and feel I have a better grasp on what I now realize is a vastly more nuanced, cultural history that is felt today. 

“Who should be held accountable for a shared history of violence?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Eating disorder, and Violence

ginnydw's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, and Religious bigotry

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Blood, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Torture, and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Excrement, Dementia, and Drug use

nabecker13's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Colonisation, Grief, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Genocide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, War, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Self harm, Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicide, Confinement, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Xenophobia

travisppe's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Very interesting narrative, almost reads like a novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War

rcsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Say Nothing is advertised as though it's a true crime but the case of Jean McConville's disappearance is just a loose binding to what is essentially a history of The Troubles. From other reviews I've read a lot of people go into this expecting a true crime novel and are disappointed. But if you go into it as a narrative nonfiction history then it's incredibly readable and well written. Patrick Radden Keefe has clearly done his research and, mainly, stays impartial. You will kind of hate Gerry Adams by the end though!
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 I think this would be a good introduction to The Troubles for people who weren't around for this particular part of history, or just as a more detailed look if most of your knowledge came from Newsround in the 90's.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

arrianne's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Colonisation, Death, Suicide, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, and Religious bigotry

plumpatio's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

 A compelling narrative about historical events which I know very little about, I was grateful for the audiobook (read by an Irish narrator, which drew me in). I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoys narrative nonfiction with multi-faceted storytelling, but caution that the book is long. I'm not sure I would have finished it so quickly without the audiobook, the only downside of which is the lack of footnotes and images 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Stalking, Eating disorder, Addiction, Suicide, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Murder, Death, and Alcoholism

A significant portion of the book centers around what are now considered war crimes including

Spoiler

force feeding and "disappearing" people (i.e., murdering people and hiding their bodies)

. There are also discriptions of counterintelligence methods utilized during the conflict.

cassimiranda's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Rape, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Trafficking, War, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting