Book Review: Columbine by Dave Cullen-Crime Biographies

 Hello dear Readers,

Below my book review of Columbine by Dave Cullen.

Title: Columbine

Rating: 5/5 Stars

Genre: Crime Biographies

Author: Dave Cullen

Publisher: Twelve
Publication Date: March 03, 2010

Language: English

Paperback: 496 pages
Meet the Author: Dave Cullen
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Book Description

Ten years in the works, a masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset.

"The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror . . ."

So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders." It is a false script, seized upon by a generation of new killers. In the wake of Newtown, Aurora, and Virginia Tech, the imperative to understand the crime that sparked this plague grows more urgent every year.

What really happened April 20, 1999? The horror left an indelible stamp on the American psyche, but most of what we "know" is wrong. It wasn't about jocks, Goths, or the Trench Coat Mafia. Dave Cullen was one of the first reporters on scene, and spent ten years on this book-widely recognized as the definitive account. With a keen investigative eye and psychological acumen, he draws on mountains of evidence, insight from the world's leading forensic psychologists, and the killers' own words and drawings-several reproduced in a new appendix. Cullen paints raw portraits of two polar opposite killers. They contrast starkly with the flashes of resilience and redemption among the survivors.

Expanded with a New Epilogue.

My Thoughts

Wow, just wow. This is probably one of the best non-fiction book I have ever read.

The amount of research, the level of detail, the way Dave Cullen tells the story. From the killers story, to the victims, their parents, the survivors, the planning of the massacre, the killers parents, how the media's wrong interpretation of the facts became the truth, and how bad things were handling by the authorities. Dave Cullen does not leave anything out. A great piece of investigative journalism, on one of the most horrific school shootings in USA history.

Definitely a book I will never forget. 

Wendy