kalliegrace's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I hadn't heard anything about this before? What a gap in my education. The first bit about the Osage people, how they came into money from the oil on their land reservation, how they started dropping like flies, and how local "law enforcement" was incompetent, was the best part of the book. And absolutely gruesome to read, not just the murders but the general treatment of the Osage.
I did find the second part about the creation of the FBI and corruption among local law enforcement fascinating as well, but Grann's narrative handiwork is best in the first half. Excellent.
I did find the second part about the creation of the FBI and corruption among local law enforcement fascinating as well, but Grann's narrative handiwork is best in the first half. Excellent.
jhglenn's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
3.5
smel123's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
3.75
I enjoyed this but did at points find it a little complicated to follow. I find this subject so interesting though and I'm very intrigued to see how the new Scorsese film is going to portray this.
annebennett1957's review against another edition
5.0
A jaw-dropping event from history which is so, so shameful yet it has almost completely fallen off the history books. I hope everyone reads this book, which reads like the best murder mystery. What the Osage tribe had to put up with is just shameful, shameful, shameful.
My review: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2023/08/books-by-david-grann-lost-city-of-z.html
My review: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2023/08/books-by-david-grann-lost-city-of-z.html