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Book Review of Columbine

Columbine
Columbine
Author: Dave Cullen
Genres: History, Nonfiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Amazing detail, yet chilling at the same time. Getting into the minds of two HS kids shows the confusion and altered state they lived under. The notes left behind and pieced together by the author are frighting. This is the act of two kids, at the end of their rope and believing violence is the answer. How many more kids feel the same way right now?

Columbine was a tragedy without a doubt. But the reader learns that instead of 12-14 deaths, had the full plan worked, there's not doubt that the community would have had to bury 3-4 times that number. Distrubing story but recommended for the author's ability to bring detail and clarity to a very sad situation.