Reviews tagging 'War'

Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

91 reviews

finknight's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

an incredibly important, unapologetic, and impartial account of the troubles and ireland. the book jumps around between narratives of key individuals but in a manner which is not confusing but aids the narrative, which all comes together cohesively. utterly recommend; even, and especially, for those who know little about ireland & history but are looking to learn!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction and Suicide

meant2breading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

“Must it be the case that how one perceives a tragedy will forever dependent on where one sits?”

Insightful, heartbreaking, and terrifying. Truly a prodigious amount of research and reporting by Patrick Radden Keefe, yet he makes that feel effortless on the page as this read for me as easy as one of my favorite fiction novels. It was easy to turn the page, but mentally at times it was tough to. Even now that I’ve  finished I am still feeling its chilling impact. I appreciate the partiality of the author in this story, without it, I don’t know that we would have been gifted such an intimate view of the complexity of the Troubles, including its politics, questions of ethics and morality, or understanding radicalization and the justification for violence (though we primarily  see this in the form of violent resistance from the IRA). Re-reading this and more from Keefe for sure!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

akgrantmatz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Suicide

superstormnora's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Interesting book about violence in Northern Ireland and the people involved in the Troubles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Drug abuse

ketsy95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual violence

sam_rm94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

“…for the majority of the human species, and for tens of thousands of years, the idea that humanity includes every human being on The face of the Earth does not exist at all. The designation stops at the border of each tribe, or linguistic group, sometimes even at the edge of a village.” - Claude Levi-Strauss

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Murder, and War

akd18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicide, Kidnapping, and War

maxmilkman's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Police brutality, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Gore, Pedophilia, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

mikeybjones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Alcohol, and War

fiannah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and War