Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

125 reviews

akswhy's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

3.5

A wildly comprehensive book on a notoriously difficult to tackle subject. I learned TONS, but I think the book was too long. It could have been trimmed down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Eating disorder and Misogyny

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Dementia, and Alcohol

julianimal's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Excrement, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Rape

mimi_t22's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Dua Lipa's book club for the win. I knew next to nothing of "The Troubles" and had very basic knowledge of the IRA and the whole thing. This book was so interesting, compelling & hooks you right from the beginning, it's a beautiful and horrific portrayal of what it means to be human. It really paints the picture of what it was to be a citizen in the island and how interconnected everything seems to be, and how the repercussions can still be felt today. Seriously gripping, entertainment and knowledgeable.  I don't give it five stars, mostly because it takes a long time to get through it. The names, places and  dates are very well laid out but I had to stop multiple times to  go back and check some of the notes and resources and so it took me a long time to read and process and sometimes even then I would get confused a bit, which totally makes sense because it's a complex story and also I get the stylistic choice of using an Irish accent for the audiobook but that def did not help me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

sarah15's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and War

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

jesspsps's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

bookmaddie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

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