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mwellemeyer's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
eelsmac's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
2.75
johndomc's review
Found it an absorbing report. But was willing to move on to other reading at this point.
mokey81's review
3.0
Extremely difficult to read, but I made it through. I learned so much about the tragedy. I cried during the part that retold exactly what happened on that day with each of the planes. Worth a read, but it will take a lot of time.
jmoravec's review
4.0
As we're around the 20 year anniversary of 9/11, I thought it would be a good time to sit down and read the report our government put out. I was expecting a dry, boring, hard to read document on the events that happened, and maybe some recommendations. It surprised me that the report was fairly easy to read and I would almost say gripping in the documentation of what happened. And this is of course knowing what's going to happen.
I was only 10 when the event happened, so the events in the 90s and 2000s that led up and resulted from 9/11 I didn't really pay attention to as I wasn't much interested in current events beyond a basic knowledge. Looking back when reading this book though, it really hits hard on how much has changed in the world. Flying is obviously different than pre 9/11 but seeing how the political landscape has evolved in 20 years compared to when the report was made to now, is interesting and possibly depressing. We went from a unified support of the country, a bipartisan report being made of the events, and fairly wide support of a war in Afghanistan, to politicizing health directives and vaccines, 1 party can't even acknowledge an insurrection on our capital, let alone agree to a bipartisan report being made on the events, and the final bumbling result of the failed war in Afghanistan.
While I do hope things will get better in the future, its worth taking a look back in time to 9/11 and the tragedy that day, as well as the lead up and how we missed such an attack being planned, and our multiple failures to prevent it from happening.
I was only 10 when the event happened, so the events in the 90s and 2000s that led up and resulted from 9/11 I didn't really pay attention to as I wasn't much interested in current events beyond a basic knowledge. Looking back when reading this book though, it really hits hard on how much has changed in the world. Flying is obviously different than pre 9/11 but seeing how the political landscape has evolved in 20 years compared to when the report was made to now, is interesting and possibly depressing. We went from a unified support of the country, a bipartisan report being made of the events, and fairly wide support of a war in Afghanistan, to politicizing health directives and vaccines, 1 party can't even acknowledge an insurrection on our capital, let alone agree to a bipartisan report being made on the events, and the final bumbling result of the failed war in Afghanistan.
While I do hope things will get better in the future, its worth taking a look back in time to 9/11 and the tragedy that day, as well as the lead up and how we missed such an attack being planned, and our multiple failures to prevent it from happening.
submergedplane's review
3.0
That was some dry listening. Not like a mouthful of saltines dry, more like a nice pretzel with the occasional dab of garlic dill dip dry.
Thorough and detailed review of 9/11 and essential reading for understanding that slice of history. It certainly didn't cover everything it could have and many of the recommended policies either didn't happen, failed, or fizzled. It is what it is though, and it's a fantastic information dump with some genuinely engaging portions considering it's a government report.
Thorough and detailed review of 9/11 and essential reading for understanding that slice of history. It certainly didn't cover everything it could have and many of the recommended policies either didn't happen, failed, or fizzled. It is what it is though, and it's a fantastic information dump with some genuinely engaging portions considering it's a government report.
mamallama94's review
Kind of appropriate I finished today. I'm pretty sure I had an abridged version because it wasn't that long of a listen. It was disturbing to say the least.
heregrim's review
3.0
The beginning chapters set the stage for 9/11 very well and the chapters on the development on al-Qaeda were eye opening. The book bogged down, for me, when it discussed our response to terrorist threats and in the chapters discussing our bureaucracy in place, I have never been a huge fan of the political functioning of how our agencies work. Still, it shed some light on questions I had and made me consider where we were and wonder where we are now.