Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

14 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

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

nadia's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

What an incredible, emotional, heart-wrenching book!

I'm so glad I started listening to audiobooks a few years back so I could experience The Only Plane in the Sky in this format, because reading this in print, while surely still being a 5-star read for me, would not have had the same impact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, 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

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

lcg527's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

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