Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

50 reviews

mjl2994's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, and Murder

crybabybea's review against another edition

Not for me. I think this was way too overwrought with useless facts and information that weren’t relevant to the story. I found the midsection about the creation of the FBI super boring and it felt like the author couldn’t decide what he actually wanted to write about. It’s written like a murder mystery but it’s clear who the culprit is and the motive behind the murders; maybe that’s the point but it made the whole setup of the book feel weird and unnecessary tonally. 

I don’t know maybe I’m being a bit too crazy but I just didn’t like the way the story stopped focusing on the Osage and instead focused on the creation of the FBI and the white agents who were involved with the case, especially since the Osage people were such an important part of the case being solved, and especially especially knowing how the police/FBI have completely failed the indigenous communities and MMIW. 

I’m also not a true crime fan in general and don’t really care to hear interviews of suspects and details about crime scenes or whodunnit stories, so I just didn’t like this. 

The information about the Osage community, their wealth, and the way systemic racism affected them was properly enraging but I just don’t know if this author was the right person to tell that story. 

The audiobook narrator talks like Zapp Brannigan which irritated me lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

cghegan's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aggie2010's review

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, 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

bookwormcat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation

daryn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Colonisation and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

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

mlev97's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

I had a hard time keeping track of who was who but this was a very informative read about an issue that doesn’t get enough attention. I’m looking forward to watching the movie.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation