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blankpagealex's review against another edition
3.0
It's hard to read this several years after the Parkland shooting in a world where meaningful gun legislation has not only stalled, but moved the opposite direction with gun laws loosening in many states and gun sales reaching record highs.
The biographies of the students who used a shooting at their high school as a jumping off point for a movement to end gun violence was less interesting to me than the dichotomy of privileged kids at a suburban school who face gun violence once in a lifetime with poor kids in Chicago for whom gun violence is a daily reality.
The biographies of the students who used a shooting at their high school as a jumping off point for a movement to end gun violence was less interesting to me than the dichotomy of privileged kids at a suburban school who face gun violence once in a lifetime with poor kids in Chicago for whom gun violence is a daily reality.
lbrauz's review against another edition
4.0
I definitely thought Columbine was better written, but I like the focus Cullen had in this book—the activism of the Parkland survivors. It’s clear our country has changed significantly since Columbine and I’m grateful for the hard of these students and their activism.
notinjersey's review against another edition
4.0
I expected this book to be a rehashing of the events of 2/14/18 in Parkland, FL, but it rather focused on the aftermath and the activism of the survivors of the horrible school shooting that took place. This was a very inspiring book about young activists. Reading this book gave me chills in a lot of places. I was very touched by the way the survivors worked with teens from Chicago who also were working towards getting guns off the streets in their community. Stopping school shootings is something I care about deeply and I am so touched by the work of these students.
gm111111's review against another edition
5.0
This was one of the most poignant books I have read this year. The writing was pretty good, the timeline was strong, but what I most admired was the stories of the students. Those in the background, and those on the front lives of the movement. All took such important steps toward their own healing. I was a freshman when Columbine happened, and I grew up in the culture of school shootings. It took these children to take the country by storm.
amber_lea84's review against another edition
4.0
This is about the kids who became spokes people for gun violence in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, and man. Those kids are impressive. I would definitely recommend this for people with any interest in learning more about gun violence.
kimmeyer's review against another edition
3.0
This started out strong and I'm really lost my interest halfway. I I just don't find the minutiae of the lives of teenagers and the way they relate to each other remotely interesting.
mdodds11's review against another edition
5.0
Enjoyed that this was more about the positive actions of the survivors, and not the shooter, etc. #NeverAgain
notesonbookmarks's review against another edition
4.0
I love the way that Cullen has grown since his research of Columbine. This book is about the massacre at Marjorie S Douglas high school in Parkland, of course. But it's about so much more than that. The kids behind the MFOL movement are incredible and inspiring, while still being actual kids. Which is even better. ❤
jcpdiesel21's review against another edition
4.0
A valuable, informative look into the aftermath of the Parkland shooting and the March for Our Lives and #NeverAgain movements. I remember hearing about the Parkland shooting last year, but since I am a busy working mother, sadly was not able to keep up to date with all of the developments that happened afterward; this book thankfully got me up to speed on these as well as profiling the key individuals involved. I am in awe of these young people and all of the hard work that they have done to further their cause. I understand Cullen's desire to make the book available a year after the inciting incident occurred and the results of the 2018 midterms feel like a natural endpoint, yet wish that there was a bit more distance between these events and the publication date to provide increased opportunity for reflection; while ample ground has been covered, there is still much work to be done with regard to gun control.