Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

4 reviews

katiebowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book, about how small town Canada opened their doors to the world when American skies closed down on 9/11, is a mosiac of the great and beautiful, tragic and horrendous, parts of being human. It follows the stories of dozens of passengers marooned in Gander, Newfoundland and the volunteers who dropped everything to help them. It jumps rather rapidly from story to story, which makes it a bit hard to follow, but mostly it’s a great reflection on a part of 9/11 most of us never knew about, and of all the ways humans help each other.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, and Violence

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Alcohol, and Death

kibbles15's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This was an inspirational and moving tale set in a time of great tragedy.  I highly recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Antisemitism, Vomit, and Alcohol

thedevouringbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Islamophobia

Minor: Death, Violence, and Antisemitism