Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Columbine by Dave Cullen

41 reviews

cghegan's review against another edition

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.

sbcrra's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

alylentz's review against another edition

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

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying and Alcohol

danileah07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Antisemitism, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

dianapiskor's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This was a reread for me and a tough one. The first time I read this was in 2012 when I was just figuring out the world as a senior in high school. Now as an adult, and a teacher who may be teaching this to her AP kids, this book hits different, but is still thought provoking. The issues discussed in this book have not gone away. Not only that, but no real progress has been made on many levels to address the stigmas of mental health, the accessibility to get guns through legal loopholes, the misinformation of public officials, and the harmful power of the media. 

However, it doesn’t mean that this book is all doom and gloom. It addresses the human condition in all it’s glory both positive and negative. A definite must read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Violence

nota_candycaine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Violence, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, and Racism

stephanywrites's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Hoo boy, this was a tough read. It was incredibly well-researched and well-written, but I would not recommend this book to HSPs. It really affected my mental health while I was reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Suicide

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Homophobia, and Racism

desertmountainreads's review against another edition

5.0

An interesting and horrifying account of the Columbine massacre, this book was really well researched and presented.  Dave Cullen did an excellent job of relaying the events and details in a way that was, in my opinion, as unbiased as possible given his experience.  It was not an easy read - I had to read it shorter chunks over a longer period of time, which was of course due to the subject matter, but also due to the extent of detail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Violence