Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

3 reviews

tzana's review

dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

4.75

For a 800 page brick, I certainly didn't expect it to be so fast paced.

Also, seriously, who let this man get outside of his house, I was expecting war crimes, not tomfoolery and clowning beyond human comprehension 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, War, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Toxic relationship, Cursing, Bullying, Car accident, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Just in case you don't know who the book's about, yes, there's crimes against humanity in there.

abicaro17's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This book is incredibly slow and reads like a textbook but I think it's important to read. It brings an insight I don't think is readily taught about the Cold War and atomic energy dealings after the Trinity test. I would be the first to say i'm not normally interested in biographies but this account is so interesting and insightful it counteracts that. If readers can get past the slow and methodical accounts then they'll be pleasantly surprised by how invigorating the whole story is. (Also for those who saw Oppenheimer and are wondering if this is as entertaining: it's better!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Addiction, Violence, War, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Homophobia, Genocide, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexism, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, Self harm, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

mlewis's review

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Suicide, Addiction, Genocide, Death, War, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Antisemitism, Car accident, Terminal illness, Infidelity, and Cancer

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Child death