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I wish so much that I could rate this like most - maybe all from what I've seen at a glance - of the others here. I really, really expected to "like" this book. I'm interested in everything 9/11 related. But I was bored. I feel awful saying that but the fact of the matter is that I don't know Lauren. I don't know Greg.
Lauren was in a burn unit and basically each entry consisted of one of the following sentences:
Lauren's breathing on her own more.
Lauren's signs are better.
Lauren had a fever but it's under control.
Lauren is "rock steady".
Maybe this makes me a mean person but that's boring. If this was someone in my family of among my friends then his emails would have been a Godsend. But that's not the case. I'm reading his emails, one after the other, years down the road. And it's boring.
How many times can I read about someones temperature?
There are no pictures included at all. And I do mean NONE. Now, I can understand not including Lauren's photo (even though there is a family thumbnail-like photo on the front cover of my edition) but none of Greg? None of Tyler, their baby son? None of their apartment even with its close proximity to the towers? None?
That seemed off to me to say the least.
Greg (and Lauren according to Greg's words) seem like wonderful, wonderful people and I wish them both nothing but the best. I'm sure Greg's emails were anxiously awaited by friends and family alike at the time. But being a stranger reading just didn't do it..
I wish so much that I could rate this like most - maybe all from what I've seen at a glance - of the others here. I really, really expected to "like" this book. I'm interested in everything 9/11 related. But I was bored. I feel awful saying that but the fact of the matter is that I don't know Lauren. I don't know Greg.
Lauren was in a burn unit and basically each entry consisted of one of the following sentences:
Lauren's breathing on her own more.
Lauren's signs are better.
Lauren had a fever but it's under control.
Lauren is "rock steady".
Maybe this makes me a mean person but that's boring. If this was someone in my family of among my friends then his emails would have been a Godsend. But that's not the case. I'm reading his emails, one after the other, years down the road. And it's boring.
How many times can I read about someones temperature?
There are no pictures included at all. And I do mean NONE. Now, I can understand not including Lauren's photo (even though there is a family thumbnail-like photo on the front cover of my edition) but none of Greg? None of Tyler, their baby son? None of their apartment even with its close proximity to the towers? None?
That seemed off to me to say the least.
Greg (and Lauren according to Greg's words) seem like wonderful, wonderful people and I wish them both nothing but the best. I'm sure Greg's emails were anxiously awaited by friends and family alike at the time. But being a stranger reading just didn't do it..
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