Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff

17 reviews

perikatheryn's review against another edition

5.0

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This is a book I would recommend to anyone who didn’t live through 9/11. It was a beautiful way to honor the grief of the people who were there or had loved ones there. All while sticking to the facts, and not falling into the trap of Islamophobia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War

furiouskitten's review against another edition

5.0

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This book helped me process the event better. A deep dive into the timeline of what happened, told by the people who lived it. The author and team did a fantastic job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

miggyfool's review against another edition

5.0

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Haunting. It's incomprehensible to truly grasp the enormity of that day unless you lived it. A powerfull  important book that I don't know if I'd have the courage to reread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness

lisettemarie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

kristensreading's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

mrs_robertson's review against another edition

5.0

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So heartbreaking I had to stop several times while reading it, yet a profound and deeply moving experience. This book provides an unparalleled look at the 9/11 attacks by the people who lived it. Incredible read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

erinbeth11's review against another edition

4.25

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Incredible accounts from the people who were there. Heart wrenching and heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War

haemby's review against another edition

5.0

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An amazing recollection of a day that I wasn't alive to see. It's a morbid fascination of a countries response to the worst attack in its history that led me here. The bulk of the attacks being in the city I ended up growing up in with immigrant parents.

I spent my days in school hearing every year where everyone was, but I've never met someone that was there. By reading this book, I feel that I have. By writing this like a dialogue, I could hear everyone speak. I felt what they felt. 

The story of Officer Jimeno and Sgt. McLoughlin hit me the hardest because I chose to watch the movie "World Trade Center" and got to SEE their story on the screen. I didn't know they story was about them before putting the movie on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Islamophobia

hollydyer328's review against another edition

5.0

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There really aren’t words… I was 8 years old when 9/11 happened and I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know until I listened to this book. Garrett Graff does a great job capturing the emotions of the day and showing the many perspectives of those involved. There’s some disturbing stuff that is not for the faint of heart. The audiobook is excellent and is definitely the way to go. It’s a 45-person cast covering the voices of hundreds. The inclusion of media segments and air traffic communications with the hijacked planes took my breath away. I am forever changed from reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

natalieba's review against another edition

5.0

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What a book - so much time, effort, and deep care went into its creation and it is a gift to those who read it now and into the future. I listened to the audiobook, which now seems like the only possible way to experience this oral history. A 45-narrator cast reads the snippets from various people sharing their experiences in September 11, 2001. All who lived through 9/11, no matter how closely linked we were to the tragedy, have a story to tell and it is clear the author intended for readers to be able to truly understand what it was like to live through that day. It includes real recordings of emergency calls and presidential remarks. Truly powerful and something that I’m grateful to have read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Islamophobia