Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

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

39 reviews

reallyitsrudi's review

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I'm glad I watched the movie first and that Scorsese focused on the Burkhart situation more than the origins of the police. the cop stuff dragged so bad for me, it's a shame the last part is so much more interesting!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

miggyfool's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tniethamer's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

readwithsaray's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

ambermott's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Murder

vixenreader's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

A non-fiction book that moves with the urgency of a murder-mystery, this account of a forgotten injustice will boil your blood, especially since the crimes were saturated with racism against the Osage First Nations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Infidelity, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Be warned that there is a graphic bombing episode, medical content involving diabetes, covering up crime scenes, frequent poisoning, financial abuse, policies preventing First Nations from accessing their accounts, court scenes, and mention of “burning human flesh” from an electric chair.

albernikolauras's review against another edition

informative mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

I think Grann did an excellent job setting up this book as a mystery from the point of view of the main Osage family it covered and the tragedies that followed them. If you lack knowledge in the subject (like me), you are left in suspense the entire time. The horrors of this book can't be overstated and I suspected a couple people, but not the entire plot. I also enjoyed Grann's wrap up in the end during modern day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

This has been on my TBR for years and I finally prioritized this read this before the movie came out. 

This was a hard read for a number of reasons: 
1/ The treatment of the Osage was atrocious and appalling 
2/ The book centers the white narrative as both the villains and the saviors and the 
3/ Most of the book lacks context and only fills in relevant elements of centuries of genocide, land grabs, and numerous other atrocities where the author thought they made sense

For me, too much context can be annoying, but in this case it only served to further center the white narrative and I found that frustrating. The story was still interesting and compelling to read, but I will be reading native voices on this topic to understand the complete picture. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Murder, and Colonisation

goldstrawberry's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.25

This book tells the disturbing and convoluted tale of the Osage murders. It’s very informative but a little difficult for my short attention span. I finally switched it to an audiobook and finished it within a day. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail