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tracithomas's review
2.0
I liked the writing and the photos, but wasn't sure why Auster felt compelled to write this book. People have written far more compellingly about this topic and I'm not sue we needed his voice on this issue. I also found some of his opinions to be mildly offensive (like suggesting that Black people were better in many ways under slavery than Jim Crow because they were at least considered and treated as valuable property). I just wasn't moved by his opinions and felt his insight was lacking and more a repeat of what other people have already been saying about gun violence in America.
georginaflorence's review
5.0
Facts everyone should know about the history and current stats surrounding gun violence in America.
hmetwade's review
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, Murder, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Violence
Moderate: Medical trauma, Racism, Child death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Death, and Hate crime
agmaynard's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
Somber and well done. Slender volume starts from the beginning through today, and even posits a way forward. Auster's own family was irrevocably damaged by gun violence. Includes evocative, lonely black and white photography of scenes of mass shootings years later, by Spencer Ostrander.
They are "gravestones of our collective grief."
They are "gravestones of our collective grief."