Reviews tagging 'Death'

Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 by Daniel James Brown

5 reviews

dwdillydally's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

 I didn't finish it through Libby (library app for digital books), but I hopped over to Libro.fm and bought my own copy. Now I own it both physically and digitally! 

Under a Flaming Sky: the Great Hinkley Firestorm of 1894 (2006)
by Daniel James Brown

This is one of my favorite books ever, especially books about Minnesota. But this first time I listened to the audiobook. In earlier readings, I remember my adrenaline pumping during the 'chase chapters' when trains are trying to escape the fast-moving wildfire. This time, the read-aloud version brought the gruesome aftermath of the fire to my attention. With the audio version, I couldn't skim over the 400+ deaths in Pine County. So if you want to read about this stunning disaster in Minnesota history, brace yourself for some heart-wrenching descriptions. 

I'd recommend this to...
- Adults and teens 13+
- If you want a short history book (less than 300 pages in print, 8 hours in audio)
- Fans of true crime (while no crimes were committed, it has - overlapping themes: investigation, forensics, psychology of trauma)
- Fans of survival or disaster stories
- Readers interested in weather science or medical details

Content warnings:
- Human and animal death
- Fire injury and death
- Separation of families
- Refugees
- PTSD / psychological trauma

#dwreads24 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Abandonment

rmccannksu's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide and Medical trauma

midnightstory's review

informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mary_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

dinosaur_mom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

I rated this book a 3.75 because it was tougher to get through than other books. 

Under a Flaming Sky was an amazingly informative and eye opening book. I have been to Hinkley to many times to count and NEVER imagined what deviation once happened there.  This book was hard to read though, the imagery produced was horrifying and although you wanted to finish the journey, the horrifying truth of it all made you want to walk away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death