Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

14 reviews

danimcthomas's review

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

Graphic details about 9/11

jkwiser's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

tmickey's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Racism, Islamophobia, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Pregnancy

therealjuliabenson's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

ceejay's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death

lcg527's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

maarsargo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

katiej's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

Emotional and heartbreaking account of what people were going through on the worst day in modern memory. Tough read but so important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: War and Fire/Fire injury

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

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, and War