Say Nothing
- 544
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 14 weeks on the list, peaked at #5
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Our view
“Say Nothing” starts from a single abduction in 1972 and widens into a history of the Troubles that a newcomer can follow. The murder of Jean McConville is its thread, but the early chapters step back to lay out the whole conflict, and the reporting stays dense throughout. Anyone expecting a tight true-crime case gets far more than a case file, and is the richer for it.
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About the book
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland is a 2018 book by the American journalist Patrick Radden Keefe. It focuses on the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It spent six weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list and received acclaim. It was adapted into a 2024 limited series for Hulu and Disney+.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.9 across 498 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 77% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 8.2. That is how 8.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.2 | 17 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.9 | 481 | 97% |
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