Reviews tagging 'Murder'

No Digas NADA / Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

114 reviews

mimi_t22's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Dua Lipa's book club for the win. I knew next to nothing of "The Troubles" and had very basic knowledge of the IRA and the whole thing. This book was so interesting, compelling & hooks you right from the beginning, it's a beautiful and horrific portrayal of what it means to be human. It really paints the picture of what it was to be a citizen in the island and how interconnected everything seems to be, and how the repercussions can still be felt today. Seriously gripping, entertainment and knowledgeable.  I don't give it five stars, mostly because it takes a long time to get through it. The names, places and  dates are very well laid out but I had to stop multiple times to  go back and check some of the notes and resources and so it took me a long time to read and process and sometimes even then I would get confused a bit, which totally makes sense because it's a complex story and also I get the stylistic choice of using an Irish accent for the audiobook but that def did not help me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

brittwins's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Book was extremely well written. He did an amazing job of retelling the events as well as bringing to life those involved. This book is centered around the IRA and actions taken from this group as well as stating that it hasn’t covered loyalist terrorism. My only suggestion is if you are interested in the troubles this isn’t the first book you should read. The troubles themselves are very nuanced and this book focuses on a small aspect of a large problem that spanned well before this time period. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Torture, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism

hellavaral's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Torture, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Excrement

bookmaddie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

akgrantmatz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Suicide

superstormnora's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Interesting book about violence in Northern Ireland and the people involved in the Troubles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Drug abuse

ketsy95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual violence

_nb123's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

Well written and well researched. Rendered a difficult and confusing saga manageable and interesting to a reader with minimal previous knowledge

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Colonisation

sam_rm94's review against another edition

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

4.5

“…for the majority of the human species, and for tens of thousands of years, the idea that humanity includes every human being on The face of the Earth does not exist at all. The designation stops at the border of each tribe, or linguistic group, sometimes even at the edge of a village.” - Claude Levi-Strauss

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Murder, and War

maxmilkman's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Police brutality, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Gore, Pedophilia, Medical content, and Suicide attempt