Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Columbine by Dave Cullen

42 reviews

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

ruddsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Suicide, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Violence, Alcohol, and Blood

cheybrary's review

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

acbrummitt's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Suicide, Medical trauma, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

jodiemae's review

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

cghegan's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore

Moderate: Misogyny, Antisemitism, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol

A grim but necessary read in light of the ongoing pandemic of gun violence.

alylentz's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Tough to read but definitely valuable in debunking some of the popular myths about Columbine, and about the way we talk about school shootings in particular. I do have some disagreements with elements of this book, but overall I think it is a valuable resource. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, and Child death