Reviews

A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire by Yuri Herrera

zoebird81's review

3.0

Short and cutting- an unflinching reminder that systems are created by people, but never for them. Keen to read more Herrera

readingwithk's review

informative fast-paced

2.5

isoseismic7's review against another edition

informative mysterious sad slow-paced

2.0

alaa_ilikecats's review

informative fast-paced

3.0

anywiebs's review

4.0

When I got this I didn't know it was a non-fiction about a real mine fire (yes that's how I roll) and must say this is not something I would've picked up for content, but it was so good. The presentation of the events and also the commentary he made had me captivated.

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Medical content

mitchvandiver's review

challenging informative sad fast-paced

5.0

terese_utan_h's review

informative sad medium-paced

3.0

annecunningham's review

dark informative medium-paced

3.75

littlesophie's review

4.0

More an essay than a book on a hushed-up tragedy, this is effective but slightly suffers from the few sources it can draw on.