Reviews tagging 'War'

The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

15 reviews

ericadansereau's review

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Heartbreaking and incredibly well done, this book had me hooked on every word, though I did have to stop and take many breaks, as the content is so heart wrenching and hard to process through. Highly recommend the audio version. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, War, Body horror, and Violence

jkwiser's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Excrement, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and War

nadia's review

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

What an incredible, emotional, heart-wrenching book!

I'm so glad I started listening to audiobooks a few years back so I could experience The Only Plane in the Sky in this format, because reading this in print, while surely still being a 5-star read for me, would not have had the same impact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Child death, Confinement, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

natalie3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

djryan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

milesjmoran's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Islamophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and War

oliviaja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I was a 6 year old in rural Canada on 9/11, and though I grew up with it’s consequences, I knew shockingly little about the actual day. This was incredibly informative and fascinating. I can’t recommend the full cast audiobook enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical content, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

pedsrn's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I listened via audiobook (at 1.25 speed) and this book broke me. Every American should give this book a listen. I’m not sure how it would read as a physical book, but the audible was incredible!  Narration was clear and gave personal touches with 45 different voices sharing stories of New Yorkers, residents of Arlington Va, firefighters, and many many more. 

I was a sophomore in high school when 9/11 happened and it was extremely eye opening to listen to the many different views and stories now, as an adult, with a husband and children of my own.  

The insiders information about what took place on Air Force One, in The Oval Office, and the in the elementary school in Florida where President Bush was reading to students and notified of the days events; all of it is just mind blowing and feels like intimate information that I’d never been privy to. 

16 hours of audio. I listened over the course of four days, and it never got old.  Run, don’t walk, to your local library and listen to this book for free using the Libby app. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

tmickey's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Racism, Islamophobia, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Pregnancy

mzjohnson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, War, Cancer, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Terminal illness