Vinay Pulivarthi

Excellently written crime thriller based on true stories that happened in the 1920s which led to a “reign of terror” on the Osage Indians. This book gives a glimpse of what happens to anyone who wasn't supposed to get rich get richer.

My first audiobook. Aziz narrates the book himself and it was quite fun.

I really liked the buildup in the first half, kept me hooked to the audiobook. Later on when the author went more into Theo's personal life, I was kinda like “I don't care about Theo. Tell me what happened to Alicia.”. Little did I know that was all another buildup for the finale. Great listen and would recommend. 4/5.

The missing star is because of various holes in the plotlines that were not closed. (Max abusing Alicia, Paul borrowing money from Alicia, Jean Felix). Also, in the first few chapters Theo says the entrance to The Grove is so strict that won't even let him take his lighter but in later chapters everyone seems to be smoking inside The Grove.

It's so sad reading her story and thinking this happened just 60 years ago.

Centrist take. Maybe I missed the point of the book but the reasoning from the author to be more accommodating to the right is not convincing enough for me.