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Columbine

Dave Cullen

Start date: February 1, 2012

Finish date: February 29, 2012

Why we're reading this: February 2012 Book of the Month read
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Jun 04, 2017 Book Concierge rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio, colorado, library, nonfiction, concierge, true-crime

Audiobook narrated by Don Leslie.

From the book jacket: On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma City-style, and to leave “a lasting impression on the world.” Their bombs failed, but the ensuing shooting defined a new era of school violence – irrevocably branding every subsequent shooting “another Columbine.”

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Gripping, fascinating, and horrifying. Many of the things I was certain I knew about t ...more

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Jun 04, 2019 Amy Hayes rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-book, books-i-own, adult, non-fiction

A tough book to read, but a very important one, especially since nothing has changed. Gun control continues to be a hot topic and yet nothing is being done to fix or change the policies. Reading this, just made me cringe every time Dylan and Eric would make another bomb or buy another gun. And the fact that the authorities could have and frankly, should have stopped them long before anything violent happened.

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