Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Columbine by Dave Cullen

13 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

Wow. I mean a book about the Columbine High School shooting isn't going to be easy to read AT ALL but, this book is an amazingly interesting and informative collection of the facts and events of April 20th, 1999. The author both recounts events from eyewitness, police reports, and security footage. The book complies the psychological states of both Eric and Dylan, the effects on parents, students, and locals, and the global response following the events. As someone who was given the Rachel Scott presentation in middle school, I feel like misinformation on this event spreads even to this day. I was told that Eric and Dylan were loners who hated jocks and popular kids. They were infact psychopaths (or at least Eric was) who planned to blow up the school and didn't have a list at all. The whole book is so interesting and godawful its hard to like or dislike it. The rating is based solely on the slurs (which I assume are quotations but that's not always clear) and the actual nature of school shootings being a traumatic subject (specifically talk about VA Tech shooting). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide attempt, Violence, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Murder, Suicide, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

pagesofpemberley's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings and Gun violence

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Mental illness, War, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

amweber's review against another edition

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

puglover's review against another edition

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

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

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

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

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

awhelan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

wow. this book is eye opening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia