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A review by sgkramar
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
3.0
I listened to the audio version and it may have been a bad idea, but it did really highlight three distinct sections of the book:
1. Written almost as historical fiction, the writing is colorful and engaging.
2. When the FBI gets involved, a new narrator appears and the writing becomes government gray, with broad summaries of apparently months or years of investigations (timing became a mystery to me at some point). The pacing in this section felt off to me.
3. The author relates his own experience researching the book and things he discovered that were left out of the FBI investigation.
Overall a recommended read. This untold chapter of the Native American experience needs to be told and used to help correct past wrongs and change current attitudes and behaviors in our culture.
1. Written almost as historical fiction, the writing is colorful and engaging.
2. When the FBI gets involved, a new narrator appears and the writing becomes government gray, with broad summaries of apparently months or years of investigations (timing became a mystery to me at some point). The pacing in this section felt off to me.
3. The author relates his own experience researching the book and things he discovered that were left out of the FBI investigation.
Overall a recommended read. This untold chapter of the Native American experience needs to be told and used to help correct past wrongs and change current attitudes and behaviors in our culture.