transtwill's Reviews (554)

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

Augustine Sedgewick

4.5

informative fast-paced

Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper

Geoffrey Gray

DID NOT FINISH: 16%

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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

Rich Vega (Narrator), Tom McMillan

4.0

emotional informative fast-paced

Hijacked: The True Story of the Heroes of Flight 705

Dave Hirschman

4.0

dark informative tense fast-paced

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

Chris Murphy

3.75

informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Self harm

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Mass/school shootings

Editing Humanity: The Crispr Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing

Kevin Davies

3.75

informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Racial slurs

Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History

Saul David

2.75

informative tense medium-paced

Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition

Debt Collective

4.75

informative fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism

Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley: Drowned by the Quabbin

Elena Palladino

4.25

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

The Fire Line: The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots

Fernanda Santos

3.75

informative fast-paced