Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

62 reviews

akgrantmatz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

---

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. 

---

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

maxmilkman's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

4.5

---

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

erinmg's review against another edition

challenging informative sad

4.0

Fascinating book! I haven’t seen the genre of “narrative nonfiction” much, but it felt much more accessible to me than a typical history book. If anything, it felt more anthropological in nature in the ways it ties historical events together through the stories relayed from the interviewees to the author. I listened to this as an audiobook and found at one point that I was confused on the timeline, so unsure if the recording was out of chapter order or if that was my own error, but otherwise I thought this was very educational and intriguing throughout.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, and Excrement

jmyers1's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed this book! So much history I had never learned about in school, would highly reccomend - the narration is 10/10.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, and War

jadepfaefflin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chelcie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

bigheadcam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

An absolutely incredible, fascinating, and perfectly paced narrative nonfiction on the Troubles. Radden Keefe is very careful to specify that this book is not "historical" nonfiction because a lot of the information in this book is derived from oral accounts. He did his best to reconcile these accounts by corroborating them with more official records and reports, but the Troubles are not well documented and were a truly chaotic time.

Radden Keefe's writing is objective and informative while also remaining gripping and maintaining an excellent storytelling tone. I was consistently impressed with how well he kept every subject covered interesting, and how he manages to switch contexts without losing the reader or making it jarring.

Thanks to John Oliver for recommending this on Hot Ones. I'd happily do the same for anyone with an interest in history, radical ideologies, revolution, and modern struggles for independence as well as the cost of said struggles.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

maggies's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Since reading Empire of Pain and Rogues, PRK has topped my list of nonfiction writers. His attention to detail and ability to weave a history that reads like a novel is second to none. The story of Jean McConville and her children, the nationalist movement, the origins of the Troubles, and its fragile peace and enduring legacy is told not necessarily chronologically, but thematically. PRK leaves a trail of breadcrumbs throughout as he builds to his final conclusion, with shocking twists and reveals along the way. Among the most shocking was the constant reminder of how recent this history is—while many active participants have passed away, many others are still alive, and memory is long.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Police brutality and Religious bigotry

welaneyding's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War