Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

119 reviews

etbliss's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Eating disorder

camillatd's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and War

curlywiggles's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

5.0

This is a brilliant piece of narrative non fiction. It's well researched and well written. It uses the 'disappearance' of Jean McConville as a framing device to tell a wider picture of the Provos involvement during The Troubles. It you are looking for more on the loyalists or on Britain's involvement, then you'd need to do some wider reading. 

The book also delves into the Belfast Project, or the Boston Tapes which is fascinating.

In the beginning it takes a while to get your head around the different 'chatacters' and the book moves back and forth in time, but you get to grips with it so bear with it. 

This was a real eye opener, and really interesting. But very dark. I needed to take breaks from it and I'd recommend checking the content warnings. Having said that, I still read it in a week as it does read like a thriller. 

I appreciated that the narrator was Northern Irish, and for the most part he's very good. But in the later part of the book he starts taking weird pauses. Not for effect, but in the middle of sentences. It's a bit random and distracting. 

I know this is a 5 start read for me as I keep thinking about it and wanting to talk about it with people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Mental illness

tiff__dawg's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katekatiekait's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

mollylovesbooks's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

kbratty's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

wayward's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

katrinaburch's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This book is one that should be on anyone's list who has an interest in the Troubles. It is well researched and well written. I was a teenager when the Good Friday Agreement was signed and while I knew a little at the point that was going on, I have since learned more through books like Edward Rutherfurd's Dublin and Morgan Llywellen's The Irish Century series. But those are both fiction, this is narrative non-fiction. Yes, the author does state that it doesn't begin to cover all that is needed to know about one of the most complex conflicts in the world, but it's a start. 

I did have to knock it down a star for the author not using footnotes and ONLY using endnotes. As a historian, this drives me nuts. Endnotes are for your sources, footnotes are for extra information!

Overall, it's a very good book and should be read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

gfiore11's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

A gripping account of a fascinating period in history. Told with skill by an author who has crafted the art of weaving a story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, and Murder