Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Columbine by Dave Cullen

85 reviews

katiej's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

A in-depth account and reflection of the Columbine High School Shooting. A hard hitting piece that has been well researched and presented in an understandable clear way. Full of emotion, sympathy, empathy, compassion and surprising forgiveness. 
A difficult read at times and some points that felt over complicated and unimportant to the main story but otherwise a fascinating one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

amweber's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Racism, and Violence

fifi99's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

puglover's review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

It was just ok. Not great, but not horrible, either. I didn’t like the way that  the book was written (both the writing style and the pacing) and I’ve also heard that it’s not 100% factual, despite being nonfiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racism, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

karareads23's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Child death, Gore, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Cursing, Suicide, and Death

erinhanso's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

I am going to avoid leaving a star rating for this, because it feels impossible to rate a non fiction, especially with this topic. 
This is incredibly well researched and squashes so many myths about the Columbine tragedy. My perception of Columbine was that the two boys were outsider atheists and the girl said yes before she was shot- spoiler alert, this is all false. Definitely worth a read, but check your triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

shelbyhenderson's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, Death, Mass/school shootings, Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Suicide, Racial slurs, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

olddatainadeadmachine's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

5.0

one of my favourite books (normal)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Medical trauma

georgewhite92's review

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Really informative book that tries to document all the details while also trying to disprove the mythos around the tragedy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Grief, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, and Homophobia