Reviews tagging 'War'

The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

21 reviews

djryan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

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

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

ldrenea'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: Death, Violence, and War

tmickey's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

thealicejackson's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emmacharlotte96's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

katiej's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

Emotional and heartbreaking account of what people were going through on the worst day in modern memory. Tough read but so important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and War