Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

95 reviews

the6thstorm_hawk's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Murder, and Colonisation

hi_itsnatty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

A fantastic story that is one of many on Turtle Island that needs to be consistently investigated all over. Overall, a good book to reflect and think about the stories still needing to be revisited and solved for families affected by MMIW cold cases.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

emzireads's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, and Colonisation

aliasinferno's review

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

sixtimes's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Incredibly informative and powerful. The author was able to make his technical writing concise in a way that made it easier for me to understand than many nonfiction books I have tried to read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Murder, and Colonisation

river23's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity

burnourhistory's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

psellars11's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

Full transparency, I read this book in the wake of the new movie released this year. That said, I’m so grateful I did! This book is incredibly detailed and the authors attention to every small fact from the original Osage nation’s history, to their forcible relocation twice to Oklahoma, makes it a very informative and interesting read. He also covers the murders, relationships and backgrounds of involved victims, investigators, and criminals. He also explains what happened at trials, and aftermath and lasting legacy very respectfully. 

I truly enjoyed this book. It was a little difficult to get into since it was so fact heavy, but overall he tells such a compelling narrative with thought and care going into the lasting impact on the Osage. I liked that he connected murders that occurred beyond the reservation and also explained the oil industry so it made more sense as to why the greed and murders would even happen in the first place.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

hanyaya's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

cyberhavok's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Death of parent