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This book was so hard to read, I had to break between chapters to absorb and evaluate. I was 18, at a small Quaker school in Yorkshire when the Columbine Massacre happened, I couldn‘t comprehend; twenty years later and I still can‘t - why so much hatred, why weren‘t the signs spotted; why, even if Eric could hide his psychopathy so well, was Dylan‘s depression not seen? I am so afraid the lessons have not been learnt from this tragedy.

I‘m having to stop every chapter or two. Excellently written. I was in college when this happened...I remember it, but wasn‘t glued to the news, so I‘m taking the time to look up people in the book. In each of these school shootings, it‘s astounding how many signs were ignored. 😩

The final act of the killers was among their cruelest: they deprived the survivors of a living perpetrator. They deprived the families of a focus for their anger, and their blame. There would be no cathartic trial for the victims. There was no killer to rebuke in a courtroom, no judge to implore to impose the maximum penalty. ... Displaced anger would riddle the community for years.

It is an axiom of journalism that disaster stories begin in confusion and grow clearer over time. Facts rush in, the fog lifts, an accurate picture solidifies. The public accepts this. But the final portrait is often furthest from the truth.

So sad, but fascinating. I was a sophomore when Columbine happened. I had no idea how many misconceptions I‘d absorbed about the whole thing.

It‘s crazy how I‘ve believed incorrectly for 20 years, based on how things were reported in the immediate aftermath. #howjessreadsin2019

A really in depth look at what really happened at Columbine. It really opened my eyes and made me realise how much the press had built an image of the two killers that was completely incorrect. A very detailed, well written book that, if you want to know what happened, will give you the facts.

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I love the ominous simplicity of this one.

It‘s my month to pick for our book club. Who has already read this? It‘s been sitting on my shelf for three years! The discussion will be interesting for sure! 📚

I avoided this book for a long time and it was every bit as harrowing as I feared. The events of Columbine were tragic and the fact that we are still battling to keep kids safe in schools made me want to scream at times. Still there was so much that I did not know about Columbine and so much of what I thought I knew was wrong. Glad I listened to this well done audiobook.

4/5
Finally finished this goodie I got from the True Crime swap with @aprilpohren and it took me almost a month! It was hard to finish due to the emotional toll it took on me. Read like fiction, but knowing that it‘s not made this one hard to finish. Im glad I read it since it was clear that what little I remembered about Columbine was inaccurate.

(Also pictured: my senior pup, Dazzy & the beautiful bookmark from @Rissreads 😘)

#ReadHarder2019

Definitely a PICK for me, this book was one I read in just a few days. I enjoyed that it was objective and rational about the situation and told everyone's perspective. I liked the notes at the end about where they are now.

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@WanderingLynn

Heart wrenching.

This was such an in-depth retelling of a day that I will always remember. My heart goes out to the families of those thirteen victims, and my heart goes out to the families of the shooters as well. How do you move on after knowing your child was responsible for so much death and sadness?

I loved the follow-ups at the end of this book that showed even in our darkest days, we can find light again.

A book very much worth reading

I read Sue Klebold‘s account a bit back, and I knew I wanted to read Columbine sometime soon.

Soon is now.

It is heartbreaking and devastating, and I had tears in my eyes as I went for my evening walk.

But already, at only 35% of the way, I am thankful to Dave Cullen for working so hard to provide this in-depth true account of what happened.

Oops I'm a bit behind on my reviews! I finally finished Columbine 👍
Dave Cullen worked on this for about 10 years if I'm not mistaken. This is a myth-busting in-depth journalistic study of what took place behind the most notorious school shooting in the history of the US. I was too young to remember hearing anything at the time but everybody knows about Columbine. Or they don't at all... which is exactly what Cullen explores in this book.

Well said.

I‘ve been reading this book all week and haven‘t been able to put it down. So interesting, but so awful.

Absolutely ridiculous.

Going from a book talking about the mistreatment of women to this one probably isn‘t the best of ideas before bed. I can‘t stop reading though, I suppose it‘s morbid curiosity and disbelief that one person could do such atrocities to another.

Everyone knows kids like these- terrifying and tragic

I learned a lot from this one, despite the fact that I thought I knew quite a bit about this tragedy. Cullen does a great job explaining all the facets of the case and its aftermath, and writes with great compassion.

#nonfiction #audiobook #audio

Wow. This book was tough to get through. It just made me so angry. I had read Parkland a few months ago and that book was full of hope and inspiration. This was a very different story full of tragedy and blame. The columbine massacre could have been, should have been, stopped before it happened, and the media also has gotten so much wrong.

Me, rn. 😧😮😲😧😦😯

Started this one yesterday. It really is as good as everybody says 😱

I decided to take the advice of @CouronneDhiver and try the audiobook. I have also tried to read this in ebook and print; third time‘s the charm, right? I just wish I‘d written down what chapter I was up to in the print book!

I‘m really struggling with this one. It‘s not the subject matter—it‘s the writing. It‘s choppy at the sentence and scene level, and I can‘t keep track of all these names and locations. I was 12 when the Columbine shooting happened and it had a big impact on me, so I wanted to understand more about it, especially since this book is supposed to upend many of the myths I believed, but so far it is muddying far more than clarifying. Anyone else agree?

This book was fantastic. A tough subject matter for sure but I found this book incredibly informative.

I was only 11 when Columbine happened and I discovered that the vast majority of my vague notions/memories about what transpired were in fact largely myths perpetuated by the media at the time (this is candidly discussed by the author who is a journalist that was involved in the original coverage). Definitely would recommend!

I finished this one last night. I found it incredibly interesting but definitely a tough subject. I was only 7 when it happened and I live in the UK so I don‘t have any recollection of the event itself. It was fascinating and disturbing to read about all the different factors at play and misinformation put out at the time. It was reading about the long painful recovery of some the victims that really got to me - just overwhelming sad and unfair.

Hi I read my first non-fiction book of the year. It was a good book. I can't say I enjoyed it due to the subject matter. Parts of the story were hard to listen to and very sad.
My plan is to listen to one #nonfiction book each month.

Hop over to @BurghBookAddict if you are interested! Tagged book scheduled for February.

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I read this a few years ago and was amazed. I couldn‘t put it down- I learned so much about what we hear on the news and what really happens. The Columbine high school killings were so different from what I thought had happened. This was a fascinating book that took the author ten years to research and write. Highly recommend.

According to a recent report, a total of 65 shootings were reported on school campuses in 2017. The number of school shootings in 2018 now matches last year's total.

https://www.abc15.com/news/data/school-shootings-in-u-s-when-where-each-shooting...

This book is an account of the Columbine High School massacre and gives a deeper understanding of what drove the boys to kill.

#AmericanHorror #NoFemmeber

1. Yes
2. Way more fiction. Try to read on non-fiction every month.
3. Not sure there is a favorite...the seven I read so far this year is right across the board
4. The Eighth Summit - Peter van Kets / Bulletproof - Chuck Holton /
5. Collumbine - Dave Cullen
#hellothursday
@wanderinglynn

This book was emotional and upsetting and also incredibly written. The author managed to delve into the lives of the killers and what brought them to this point while also telling the stories and the victims and survivors.
With all the misinformation that still remains popular Dave Cullen sets the story straight
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The book really opened my eyes to the Columbine tragedy. I was in middle school when this occurred and it‘s so scary to really see how the minds of the killers worked and how this terrible tragedy effected the victims and their families. Well researched and respectfully presented.

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Going to attempt the #bookaweekchallenge @TheReadingMermaid

Happy September!

I have no idea if I‘m doing this right #Imnewhere

Thank you so much @callielafleur ! I‘m dying (haha) over these bookmarks! #itcs

Yeeeessss!!! Thank you @aprilpohren for this thoughtful and amazing box of goodies! The tote is just perfect. How did you ever know about my love for dogs! 🤗 I cant wait to wear those socks and dive into these books I‘ve wanted for so long!!! Thank you, friend!! ♥️♥️♥️

And thank you @JenlovesJT47 for organizing this awesome swap! Please let‘s do another one soon! 😘😘😘

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This!!!! This is why I want to find an old varsity professor and whack them so hard with this book that they fall flat on their ass! The course was mediastudies. The objective: hand in a paper on the influence of media on children. Case study: Columbine. Prevailing point of view of professor: "because they watch violent movies and played violent video games"
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I have actually done this!

Found on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/300481386959792/posts/704902773184316/ (Page of a novel connection)

Suped excited for this!

Such a great book! I remember this event so clearly, as I was a senior in high school, and this event hit every high school in the nation. However, I was really sheltered from a lot of the details. This book covered all the details. Well done! Also, Patrick Ireland - you are amazing!

Unfortunately had to bail on this book really wanted to enjoy it but felt like it was too much of an autobiography about each of the students and staff who attended Columbine HS

#columbine #tragedy #school #shooting

Need 2 posts to cover today's riotgrams! I listen to a ton of book related podcasts, but I've only included 7 here. And I know, Extra Credit technically isn't about books, but it's about knowledge/learning, so in my mind it still counts #riotgrams #dayfourteen #podcasts #bookpodcasts

Wow. This book....Wow. So much I thought I knew was wrong. Dave spent years researching this book and it shows. So so so good. Still a very timely read, gives great insights into what the media had wrong and what the media is still today doing wrong when school shootings happen.

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