Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

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

12 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

maarsargo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Islamophobia

pippin98's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide and Islamophobia