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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
30 reviews
issyd23's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
rachelcd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
clarao's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
sierrah_2101's review against another edition
4.25
"Virtually every element of society was complicit in the murderous system." -David Grann
I read Grann's novel in tandem with watching Scorsese's film, which only intensified both works' emotional impact on me. Grann's novel, which he spent over a decade researching, focused on Tom White's investigation into the 20-year terrorization of the Osage Nation. White recognized 24 murders associated with this reign, but Grann offers a significantly higher total: 60+. Throughout the novel, Grann offers many options for motives to these murders, but he offers you the above quote: money, power, greed, stolen through a government, a culture that was not only blind to it but complicit to it.
Although passionately researched by Grann over many years, my main gripe with the novel matched the opinion of DiCaprio: Upon reading the screenplay directly adapted from Grann's novel, DiCaprio realized how focused on White, and the true crime/procedural aspects of the novel. Thus, for the film, he offered that the story focuses more on the Osage themselves, specifically on Mollie Burkhart. This, emotionally, is where Grann stumbles the most. While packed with true crime intrigue, the novel focuses the vast majority of the pages on White, his history, and his contributions to the growth and development of the FBI.
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Medical trauma
Minor: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
hi_itsnatty's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
prettiestwhistles's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
aliciaurbain's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism
hanyaya's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
miggyfool's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
axiomer's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Violence
Minor: Gun violence