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A review by jason1749
Columbine by Dave Cullen
5.0
This is a great and tough book. Dave Cullen does exhaustive work trying to get to the heart of the madness that happened in April of 1999. In the end, it's pretty easy to say, everything you knew is wrong, or t least the story that the major media tried to sell is wrong. Mostly, it's not their fault, statements made early in the crisis caught on, and despite the truth getting its day in the light, but sadly, much like the idea that Iraq was behind 9/11, once the public's mind is convinced of a thing, it's tough for it to let go.
This is a very well written and researched book and at the very least it is simply devastating. If you have any interest in what happened that day, or why, I'd highly suggest you read it.
The only real thing I can find wrong with the book is that it assumes you know the basics and that you were around when it happened, which, for most of the current audience is true, however, I wonder how this book will read in 10 or 20 years when a new audience is reading it, not having been in front of a TV the day it happened.
This is a very well written and researched book and at the very least it is simply devastating. If you have any interest in what happened that day, or why, I'd highly suggest you read it.
The only real thing I can find wrong with the book is that it assumes you know the basics and that you were around when it happened, which, for most of the current audience is true, however, I wonder how this book will read in 10 or 20 years when a new audience is reading it, not having been in front of a TV the day it happened.