transtwill's reviews
549 reviews

A Killing Wind: Inside Union Carbide and the Bhopal Catastrophe by Dan Kurzman

dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle by Max Morgan-Witts, Gordon Thomas

informative medium-paced

3.75

Missouri's Great Flood of '93: Revisiting an Epic Natural Disaster by Kieser, Kenneth L.

informative fast-paced

4.5

Buried Truths and the Hyatt Skywalks: The Legacy of America's Epic Structural Failure by Richard A. Serrano

emotional informative fast-paced

4.25

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

informative medium-paced

4.5

Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug by Augustine Sedgewick

informative fast-paced

4.5

Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper by Geoffrey Gray
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.

i just can’t make myself finish this. the author meanders constantly as if terminally unable to hold onto a single train of thought, and to say some of the language he uses is,,, “dated” is putting it mildy

Flight 93: The Story, the Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11 by Rich Vega (Narrator), Tom McMillan

emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

Hijacked: The True Story of the Heroes of Flight 705 by Dave Hirschman

dark informative tense fast-paced

4.0

The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy by Chris Murphy

informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Self harm

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Mass/school shootings