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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold
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challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
This book was harsh, and bleak, and heartbreaking, but also held so much love in its pages.
Sue Klebold lets us completely into the before, during and after of Columbine in her life. She allows us to know how she raised Dylan, what he was like in the years and weeks and days leading up to the tragedy, and how complex the grieving process was for her and her family. By the end of this book, I felt like I personally knew Sue.
This hurt to read, and I felt I needed to take a lot of breaks in between to watch tik toks of puppies and cuddle my cat. It's crucial to take care of yourself, because the amount of pain in this book is insurmountable. The other thing is this book sticks with you, I found myself thinking about Dylan and Sue and the tragedy all the time. Whether that's a good or bad thing is up to the reader.
I found Sue's book to be brutally honest, no holds barred (unless she legally couldn't disclose info, and that only really happened a few times near the end), and beautifully written.
Highly recommend if you're even a little bit interested in it.
Sue Klebold lets us completely into the before, during and after of Columbine in her life. She allows us to know how she raised Dylan, what he was like in the years and weeks and days leading up to the tragedy, and how complex the grieving process was for her and her family. By the end of this book, I felt like I personally knew Sue.
This hurt to read, and I felt I needed to take a lot of breaks in between to watch tik toks of puppies and cuddle my cat. It's crucial to take care of yourself, because the amount of pain in this book is insurmountable. The other thing is this book sticks with you, I found myself thinking about Dylan and Sue and the tragedy all the time. Whether that's a good or bad thing is up to the reader.
I found Sue's book to be brutally honest, no holds barred (unless she legally couldn't disclose info, and that only really happened a few times near the end), and beautifully written.
Highly recommend if you're even a little bit interested in it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Child death
Moderate: Animal death
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