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Say Nothing

a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
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Feb 19, 2024
Read after We Don't Know Ourselves Non Fiction about The Troubles
Feb 01, 2024
something I haven't heard mentioned so far was religious conflict. In a university class on Political Terrorism, conflicts between Catholics and Protestants were also cited. And having been friends with someone who is family member of some…
May 04, 2023
"This book examines the impact of the Northern Ireland conflict on the family of a murder victim and those responsible for her death. This story gave me chills!" - Bridget W.
Feb 22, 2023
" ' brendan hughes on hunger strike' " farrell journeyed to gibraltar as part of a bombing team. she was shot to death on the streets of gibraltar, along with two associates. they were walking along, one day, unarmed, when they were…
Jan 18, 2023black_crow_250 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Really terrific look into the history of unrest in Northern Ireland. Well told with plenty of details. Gave me a much deeper understanding.
Dec 09, 2022mwahlmeier rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Say Nothing is a chilling chronicle of The Troubles of Northern Ireland and its aftermath, with special focus on the orchestrated disappearance of civilian mother of ten Jean McConville. Per the author, Patrick Radden Keefe, the book is…
Nov 15, 2022leipers4k rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was an interesting book with great detail about the Troubles in Ireland and the roles of the key players involved. I’ve always wanted to know more about this tragedy and I feel like this book explains things thoroughly. I didn’t…
Oct 27, 2022Behan13 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Important bit of writing exposing the dirty and unheroic Troubles. If you stick with it you will be appalled at the behavior of the IRA, British Army and Unionists. The poor of Northern Ireland were used and abused for selfish and cruel…
Mar 01, 2022markcotner rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
In 1972, though only 38, Jean McConville was the mother of 10, trying to raise them on a widow’s pension in a cloud of depression—a walking tale of bad luck turned all the worse when she comforted a wounded British soldier, bringing the…
Feb 17, 2022
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Feb 02, 2022mcraven2009 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this book immensely! I have grown up knowing little about the conflicts in Northern Ireland. This was a great, non-biased, comprehensive piece to begin my education on the matter.
Nov 28, 2021ChristopherBrennan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Fascinating, thorough, and deeply affecting, this is a wonderful telling of Ireland's Troubles and the journeys of the very human figures at their core.
Aug 26, 2021LeslieDRobertson rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The history of the Troubles through the lens of individual people involved in and affected by them, history not as grand narrative but as complicated lived experience. IRA, republican, and loyalist leaders, combatants, activists,…
Aug 07, 2021dchomik rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was one of the best non-fiction narrative books I've read. If you have any interest at all in learning about the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland, you need to read this book.
Jul 25, 2021steverino4 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Sorrowful tales from the Troubles with the feel of a novel you can't put down.
Jul 21, 2021cynesthesia rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Exceptionally well-told story of the violence of Northern Ireland's Troubles and the long reach of that violence into the present. It's also most particularly the story of the abduction and disappearance of a Belfast mother thought to have…
Jul 07, 2021JCLMirandaA rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I'm not an avid non-fiction reader, but this book was recommended to me and it seemed interesting, so I gave it a go. Now, going into it I honestly had only a very very vague idea of what the IRA was and the Troubles between the Irish…
Jul 03, 2021BeckyR21 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Well done. Solid investigative reporting, reads like a novel. Provides an objective and unbiased account of The Troubles. Readable and engaging even if you do not know a lot about the history of Northern Ireland.
Jun 08, 2021
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May 04, 2021laphampeak rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It's interesting that Keefe is an American writer born in the decade just after the uprisings began in Northern Ireland. He tells an intelligent and thorough story on everything you want to know about the ethno-nationalist conflict…
Apr 23, 2021ljnewton rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
So interesting to see "The Troubles" from an historical viewpoint. As someone who visited Ireland at the time and kept abreast of the news stories since, it puts the events in perspective and gave me a different understanding of the…
Apr 12, 2021readinJC rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
If you've wondered why "The Troubles" happened, or why there is still unrest currently Ireland, this is the book to read. Balanced.
Feb 11, 2021kthngongan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very thoroughly researched. The content and writing is not too hard to understand for someone who don't know the backstory. Captivating story. Highly recommended.
Dec 09, 2020Ginsilver rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Well-researched and riveting, Say Nothing looks at the disappearance and murder of Jean McConville, a single mother of ten, during the height of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. Unforgettable!