Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

6 reviews

clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This book is brutal, gory, and completely depressing. It chronicles the aggressive settlement of native lands by white people, the political violence the tribes enacted in response and also sua sponte, and the slow vanishing of native culture. It's compulsively readable - Gwynne goes back and forth between decades, smartly telling history through the lens of different actors - and incredibly informative. This is a period of U.S. history that I don't know much about (which is obviously intentional by the education system) and it was all very interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Addiction

brandiereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

joelmeador's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

2.5

This was very interesting but also it was racist as shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

emmiestrick's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An excellent account of one of the most impressive original American cultures and its people. A necessary read for anyone interested in the true history of this land. Engaging, inspiring, and deeply saddening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, and Cannibalism

acunkle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, and War

folieassdeux's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief