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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

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leefox's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.75

“The blood cries out from the ground.”
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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Fantastic book, covering the real historical story of the Osage people and what white Americans and the U.S. government did to them. It is mysterious and excruciatingly dark.
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dark informative sad slow-paced

3.0

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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xoshee's review against another edition

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emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

Incredible book detailing the events of the 1920s Osage murders in Oklahoma and the subsequent creation of the FBI. David Grann takes a creative approach to this investigative nonfiction, resulting in an immersive and emotional read. Even so, Grann takes special care to properly cite all references and quotes used throughout the book. I started this book with zero knowledge on the Osage murders and did not feel lost or that I needed more background information at any point, Grann covers it all in great detail without being dry. 
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aparizo704's review against another edition

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4.25

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czarnecki362's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.75

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melanyjve's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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ronanmcd's review against another edition

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dark informative fast-paced

4.5

I finished the book. However, I have what's likely the flu, and am doped up to the eyeballs so here are some probably incoherent notes. 
There can never really be justice on stolen land. These murders are within living memory, just about. And then they were well within living memory of manifest destiny, land grabs, the trail of tears etc. It's all a very American story, and not at all unfamiliar. But it's no less shocking or saddening.
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5.0

I saw the movie first and was really impressed - both from a point of awe (of the film's accomplishment) and also from the point of disbelief (of the evil portrayed by the film). I couldn't believe it.

Turns out the film was true to every word in the book - at least the portions story told. The last few chapters were left out, but that's because the movie was focused on Hale.

Just like Kate Moore's The Woman They Could Not Silence made me hate weak men, this book makes me hate greedy men. It's like they were the ones the Bible was talking about when it said money was the root of all evil.

I'm so deeply saddened for the Osage. I'm also grateful David Grann decided to investigate this story and tell it. I have no idea how long it took to get to the bottom of all these murders, but I sure hope he gets a crapload of money from the movie and lots of awards so that he can continue telling these important stories.
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