Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Columbine by Dave Cullen

5 reviews

olddatainadeadmachine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

5.0

one of my favourite books (normal)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Medical trauma

julianam's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Violence, Gun violence, and Hate crime

alylentz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Tough to read but definitely valuable in debunking some of the popular myths about Columbine, and about the way we talk about school shootings in particular. I do have some disagreements with elements of this book, but overall I think it is a valuable resource. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, and Child death

desertmountainreads's review

5.0

An interesting and horrifying account of the Columbine massacre, this book was really well researched and presented.  Dave Cullen did an excellent job of relaying the events and details in a way that was, in my opinion, as unbiased as possible given his experience.  It was not an easy read - I had to read it shorter chunks over a longer period of time, which was of course due to the subject matter, but also due to the extent of detail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Violence

hannahkd's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Misogyny, Medical content, Hate crime, and Grief