Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

8 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

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

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

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

lovinglyread's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Xenophobia, Blood, and Islamophobia