In this book Dave Cullen examines Columbine High School massacre in 1999, the backgrounds of the two teenage shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the victims and survivors. I was very taken by the book but found it difficult to digest at times so decided to digest it chapterwise.
Thoughtful he painted a more understandable picture of what happened on this day that ended with 13 death and multiple people wounded. The book seems very well researched, focusing a lot on how the massacre was planned a year in advance.
In a very classic way the reader won't find a single picture in the whole book.
But do I believe everything I've read ? No I don't and never will be able to. There are always voices or statements telling the opposite disregarding or even disproving an authors biases but I do believe that's pretty normal. For me who hasn't read a book about the shootings ever and missed the media coverage completely, the book is enough. I don't need to read more about the massacre, don't want to dive into the minds of these particular murderers. Others might think differently.
In the end we'll probably never know what really was going on prior and on this terrible day.
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Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Twelve; First Edition edition (April 6, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446546933
ISBN-13: 978-0446546935
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