Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

10 reviews

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

hollydyer328's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

There really aren’t words… I was 8 years old when 9/11 happened and I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know until I listened to this book. Garrett Graff does a great job capturing the emotions of the day and showing the many perspectives of those involved. There’s some disturbing stuff that is not for the faint of heart. The audiobook is excellent and is definitely the way to go. It’s a 45-person cast covering the voices of hundreds. The inclusion of media segments and air traffic communications with the hijacked planes took my breath away. I am forever changed from reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

natalieba's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a book - so much time, effort, and deep care went into its creation and it is a gift to those who read it now and into the future. I listened to the audiobook, which now seems like the only possible way to experience this oral history. A 45-narrator cast reads the snippets from various people sharing their experiences in September 11, 2001. All who lived through 9/11, no matter how closely linked we were to the tragedy, have a story to tell and it is clear the author intended for readers to be able to truly understand what it was like to live through that day. It includes real recordings of emergency calls and presidential remarks. Truly powerful and something that I’m grateful to have read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Islamophobia

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

jkwiser's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

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

5.0

This is one of the most difficult books I’ve ever read.

I think nearly everyone remembers exactly where and what they were doing on September 11th, 2001. The Only Plane in the Sky enhances those memories with first-hand accounts from survivors, first responders, witnesses, and other everyday people turned heroes who were at the World Trade Center and Pentagon when they were attacked. Graff uses transcripts, personal reports, news broadcasts, documents, and voicemails to recreate 9/11 minute by minute. It is a harrowing, heartbreaking piece of American history. Despite the anguish and despair, it was inspiring to see how Americans came together immediately after and the days following. 

It is also a reminder of the twenty-year war resulting in thousands of innocent lives lost on both sides. It’s humbling and vastly important to recognize how 9/11 changed our world as we knew it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, and War