Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff

39 reviews

pazb85's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

haemby's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

An amazing recollection of a day that I wasn't alive to see. It's a morbid fascination of a countries response to the worst attack in its history that led me here. The bulk of the attacks being in the city I ended up growing up in with immigrant parents.

I spent my days in school hearing every year where everyone was, but I've never met someone that was there. By reading this book, I feel that I have. By writing this like a dialogue, I could hear everyone speak. I felt what they felt. 

The story of Officer Jimeno and Sgt. McLoughlin hit me the hardest because I chose to watch the movie "World Trade Center" and got to SEE their story on the screen. I didn't know they story was about them before putting the movie on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Islamophobia

judassilver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Islamophobia

booksandbabble's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer and Suicide

greendog95's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: War

cyberhavok's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death and War

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Racism, and Islamophobia

jourdanicus's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is the second time I've read this book, but my first time listening to it... Emotional, fascinating, at times harrowing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and War

jbattilochi's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

danimcthomas's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Meticulously reported from first hand sources. The best way to get the full picture of that horrible, horrible day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Graphic details about 9/11

ericadansereau's review against another edition

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