Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Columbine by Dave Cullen

9 reviews

amweber's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Racism, and Violence

puglover's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

It was just ok. Not great, but not horrible, either. I didn’t like the way that  the book was written (both the writing style and the pacing) and I’ve also heard that it’s not 100% factual, despite being nonfiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racism, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

nota_candycaine's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Violence, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, and Racism

awhelan's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

wow. this book is eye opening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, and Cursing

emzorzin3d's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

You would struggle to find a more comprehensive breakdown of the events of the Columbine tragedy as well as the stories of everyone involved both before and after it happened.
Plenty of time is given to the victims to tell their stories as well as the student body at large. These are given equal time to the facts of the day as well as the backgrounds of the two boys responsible.
The author does his best to correct the mistakes of misinformation, informing us why the story of Columbine and the shooters might not be what we had all assumed.
Cullen has to be given credit here for avoiding sensationlistic writing and instead breaking down the whole thing in a straightforward way. Because the truth is that the facts are astonishing on their own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Sexism