Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

264 reviews

starcrossedsongbird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

i understand why this book became a movie. a thrilling tale of a historical tragedy. right when i thought i knew what was happening, the last two chapters had my head spinning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, and Racism

moomookachoo's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

rachelcg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

clarao's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Powerful book. Very heavy. Written in true crime style and a little slow moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

skoot's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

3.0

Genocide

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

frenchpants's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Stalking

mrlsdevos's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

shetef's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A compelling account of one of this country's forgotten evils. I had a little trouble keeping track of who's who at first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Murder

nc_unknown_user's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.5

It often feels difficult or unfair to review books like these. The story is heartbreaking and to know real people experienced these things is terrible. Especially because this still probably doesn’t even cover half of it and there are so many stories that will left untold or forever unknown for many of those who were among those lost during these times. Unfortunately, the writing felt lacking in some ways. Not that I expected it to be some page-turner for my entertainment… it just felt disjointed in its presentation and hard to follow. I found it difficult to keep track of the information being presented and even now that I have finished the book, I feel like I only vaguely know what happened and how it took place. The story itself is interesting so I feel it was just the style of writing that takes away from it. It felt unnecessary to break the book up into three separate parts. All in all, I would be interested in doing more reading on this subject, but not by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

christinadekoek's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism