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lahraahearn 's review for:
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
by Sue Klebold
I ugly sobbed several times reading this. Probably should not have listened to it at work,, but it simply put things into perspective. Sue writes the most gut wrenching, heart breaking, story, and you can feel her guilt within the sounds of her voice and her words. She expresses a lot throughout the book that people would ridicule her, saying the way she raised her son caused him to turn out to be a psychotic killer, but there were never signs showing his struggling. It shows the true colors of mental illness and its ways of hiding. The way children act and the decisions thy make are not always the fault of the parents and Sue in this book, NEVER justifies her sons actions because of a mental health illness. She takes responsibility that while he was struggling with depression, etc., he was still aware of his actions.
It was quite eery to feel so present in this story and like I was in the room with her when she was writing. Sue talks about the day the families were brought back to the school to break down the event and step by step, who shot who, where they placed the bombs, and the route they took. I cried especially hard when she talks about needing to leave the room when the police spoke about the event so in depth -- especially who her son had shot. Something that made me feel icky was reading further about the basement tapes. While the videos themselves are not released, the tapes were essentially translated. More specifically, I was surprised to read about Eric talking so highly about his parents and Dylan seeming equally as rage filled. Seeing the pictures online from that day and doing research as I read the book, made me feel so defeated. I am not quite sure where to go from here :/
"This Pandora's box will never empty" -- This book was utterly devastating but it brings more awareness to mental health illnesses and hopefully more insight into the signs. But also, that sometimes, the signs and symptoms we believe to be so evident and IN OUR FACES, are truly not.
It was quite eery to feel so present in this story and like I was in the room with her when she was writing. Sue talks about the day the families were brought back to the school to break down the event and step by step, who shot who, where they placed the bombs, and the route they took. I cried especially hard when she talks about needing to leave the room when the police spoke about the event so in depth -- especially who her son had shot. Something that made me feel icky was reading further about the basement tapes. While the videos themselves are not released, the tapes were essentially translated. More specifically, I was surprised to read about Eric talking so highly about his parents and Dylan seeming equally as rage filled. Seeing the pictures online from that day and doing research as I read the book, made me feel so defeated. I am not quite sure where to go from here :/
"This Pandora's box will never empty" -- This book was utterly devastating but it brings more awareness to mental health illnesses and hopefully more insight into the signs. But also, that sometimes, the signs and symptoms we believe to be so evident and IN OUR FACES, are truly not.