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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
104 reviews
vixenreader's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Infidelity, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Pregnancy
Be warned that there is a graphic bombing episode, medical content involving diabetes, covering up crime scenes, frequent poisoning, financial abuse, policies preventing First Nations from accessing their accounts, court scenes, and mention of “burning human flesh” from an electric chair.megboone3's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Medical trauma
morethanmylupus's review against another edition
3.0
This was a hard read for a number of reasons:
1/ The treatment of the Osage was atrocious and appalling
2/ The book centers the white narrative as both the villains and the saviors and the
3/ Most of the book lacks context and only fills in relevant elements of centuries of genocide, land grabs, and numerous other atrocities where the author thought they made sense
For me, too much context can be annoying, but in this case it only served to further center the white narrative and I found that frustrating. The story was still interesting and compelling to read, but I will be reading native voices on this topic to understand the complete picture.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Murder, and Colonisation
goldstrawberry's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
himpersonal's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation
atalea's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Drug abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Child death and Physical abuse
dev921's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Medical content, and Death of parent
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy
xenomorph's review against another edition
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Colonisation
emily_koopmann's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Colonisation