Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Columbine by Dave Cullen

5 reviews

toxxicwasste's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Blood, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Child death, Grief, Toxic friendship, Genocide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Racism, and Rape

ninaceb's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Racial slurs

librarymouse's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

I picked up this book after reading Sue Klebold's memoir. This less biased perspective on the tragedy calls into question much of how she characterizes her son. The focus on those who survived the tragedy, alternating chapters between the aftermath and the events of April 20, 1999 shows how varied reactions to the tragedy were, and personalizes tragedy in a way that the sensationalized news coverage of the events did not.

I find it very unsettling that so many pastors used the tragedy is an excuse to recruit people. Whilr I understand the idea that church can be comforting, the ways that they went about it feels predatory.

The actions of the police in terms of not following up on the repeated warnings about Eric Harris, and the willful destruction of evidence and dragging their feet in releasing their report is reprehensible.

While incredibly informative, and thoughtfully written I don't know that I would recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Toxic friendship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

Minor: Bullying and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

urreadtome's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Bullying, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual violence

kieren's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Intense and thorough — covers the attacks, the killers’ childhoods, and their emotional states. Seems to have been written as a bit of a self-apology; in the front, the author admits that he was part of the media that so royally messed up the public’s perception on the attack. At times I found it difficult to figure out where in the timeline we were because he goes back and forth quite a bit, and (though obviously not the author’s fault), I had trouble keeping track of all the names. All in all, a very good book for anyone interested in the myths and cultural legacy of the Columbine massacre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Rape