Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

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

28 reviews

meredith_peruzzi's review against another edition

challenging dark informative fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Gaslighting

Minor: Terminal illness and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

arrianne's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

cassimiranda's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

a must-read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

winnifred's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

cammiem8's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

A slow, intricate history of a few members of the IRA and their involvement in the Irish liberation movement and how they were tangled up into a tragic murder. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Murder

sjanke2's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Exemplary writing. The Troubles are such a hard thing to write about, precisely because the story of the violence is still such a live issue. Still, this is a tightly coiled and deftly rendered dig into some of that hard history. Since it's such recent history, it was also really cool to be able to look up some of the obits and editorials that he discusses online, and know they were only a quick search away. Finally, and this is historian brain speaking, the absolutely essential nature of oral history projects especially to peace and reconciliation efforts is on full display here, and so is history's present-day relevance. A very well-deserved award winner, and likely to send me on another full anti-empire rabbit hole of books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail