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jlarrew's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I do recommend you listen to it. Ideally in a place where you can focus on it uninterrupted. One of the narrators was a bit annoying to me though.
I really appreciated that the author included the perspective of the guard/students/professor/townies. It felt like a thorough story.
It's a tragedy that didn't need to happen. I hope to go to the museum some day.
thehawk72's review against another edition
4.0
This book was genuinely amazing and made me think. I would recommend everyone who wants to read this listen to the AUDIOBOOK and not the book. I think that the audiobook was so incredibly read with such wide range of emotion that it truly captures what a complicated-not-so-complicated event the Kent State shooting was. I think if I had read it myself, I prolly would have rated it more like 3 stars. The pathos got me, man.
nytr's review against another edition
I just didn’t like the format. I definitely want to try the audio version though.
brujatears's review against another edition
5.0
this book made me cry an hour after my lash appointment
fireweed15's review against another edition
5.0
Throughout my high school education, this image has been a mainstay in my history textbooks. It stays with you not just because of repeated exposure, but because the pain the image conveys. Kent State, a novel in verse told from multiple points of view, takes that pain and builds up to and amplifies it. As I read the book, I felt like I was sitting in the middle of a room, with the narration coming from all sides. The feeling is surreal, but the emotions of the novel are real and deep, and the questions of how and why are both thought provoking and, even fifty years later, hauntingly relevant.
pumpkinsoup1162's review against another edition
4.0
The audio version is like reader’s theater. Great voices. Interesting perspectives from all the participants, from students to community members. Hard to believe this happened. Incredulous. Hope to visit the visitor’s center someday on campus.
jschemey's review against another edition
4.0
This book was in a different format, one that I’d never read before, but it was powerful and important, as well as informational.