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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

33 reviews

lipliplip's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

aisha_r's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Very good pace. Lots to think about. Radden Keefe presents evidence and commentary very precice. Great book to start learning about "The Troubles" and the conflict in Northern Ireland. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Violence

Minor: Addiction

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Torture, and Medical content

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

atalea's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Torture, and Death of parent

imds's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious slow-paced

5.0

Say Nothing is a chilling chronicle of The Troubles of Northern Ireland and its aftermath, with special focus on the orchestrated disappearance of civilian mother of ten Jean McConville.  Per the author, Patrick Radden Keefe, the book is not a comprehensive history, but as someone who knew virtually nothing about The Troubles going in, I found Say Nothing to be a great place to start.  I found the account of the Price sisters to be particularly fascinating.  This is a compelling story about people standing up for what they believe in, filled with betrayal and deadly consequences.  Matthew Blaney’s narration is exquisite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, and Dementia

dorakathryn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

The last couple of chapters made me feel a little weird, otherwise this would've been 5 stars. Something about talking about the incredibly precarious situation these tapes put the unknown third individual in and then naming them and not really referencing any permission that was received to do so was uncomfortable to me after such conversations were referenced about other individuals. However, I did listen to the audiobook which did not contain the endnotes present in the physical one, so maybe (I hope) something is said there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, 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