Reviews tagging 'Death'

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

19 reviews

boopointeshoes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Torture, War, Hate crime, Sexual violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, and Alcoholism

wifeslife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, War, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, and Slavery

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

This is a very informative history of America from the perspective of the tribes who lived here first. There’s a heavy focus on genocide and violence and a need for return and reform and reparations. Emotional read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cultural appropriation, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Slavery, Child death, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Violence, and War

cytipton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Cultural appropriation, War, Alcoholism, Genocide, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Classism

hunkydory's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, War, Death, Murder, Violence, Racism, and Slavery

badaimsyndrom's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Genocide, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Violence, Death, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Confinement, Murder, and Kidnapping

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

This is a very important and eye-opening book. The author absolutely decimates the founding myths of America and sheds much needed light on a history of settler colonialism and genocide that the United States has worked hard to bury.

I was not the biggest fan of the writing style, and I think this book would have benefited from editing to make sure it maintained a tighter focus on its subject matter. At times the book seemed to skip around between geographic areas or time periods, without making clear who, where and when the narrative was describing.

Five stars for thesis. Four stars for writing style and readability.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, War, Death, Colonisation, Murder, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Rape

nrhilmer's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Hate crime, Colonisation, Child death, Genocide, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Animal death, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence and Alcoholism

larbster90's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.25

Fairly academic. The author's argument is well-made, and I learned so many things that should have been covered in U.S. history courses. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, War, Confinement, Hate crime, Genocide, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Slavery, Animal death, Torture, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, and Violence