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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold

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bluelemons's review against another edition

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3.5

This book dives deeply into a mother's love for a child that suffered and gone astray. There's some dissonance where she repeats that she had no part in raising her son to be who he is while also admitting her failings in not noticing signs her son had about his depression or doing things wrong. Also blames Eric excessively. Her son is obviously a perfect angel murderer. 

Most concerningly, barely goes over anything about the whole gun issue in favour of talking about mental health. There's a lot of factors that go into what happened, but this lady blamed video games more than she did access to guns. She briefly goes over her son getting guns from his prom date like it's a normal thing?? 

We also spend a lot of time listening to her life like how she likes art and trees. I get it, it's her book. But it's boring and I don't actually care to read her journal. 
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librarymouse's review against another edition

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3.25

Informative, and an important look on the aftermath of a tragedy for the family and friends of the perpetrator. Sue Klebold writes well, but her perspective still has rose colored glasses. I hate her for making me empathize with her son. She gives only a partial view of who he was.

I think I may have read this book before, but I had got concussion the summer I read it, so I had a deep sense of deja vu the entire time I was reading.

Kelbold's work with organizations working to prevent suicide and murder suicides/mass shootings like Columbine is both soothing for her, and does good for the world. I hope she finds peace, but I also hope her son and his friend are never forgiven for the atrocity they committed.
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nikmahie's review against another edition

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4.0

This is an important read for anyone who interacts with young people. I have immense respect for Sue a d how she has put her entire heart in this book. It really gives a great insight in what happened and how this affected everyone (indirectly) involved. 

However, this was a very long and sometimes repetitive read. I found myself sometimes skipping parts, because it felt like I had already read it. I also wished to read more about Eric’s parents and what had been said during the depositions from both families.

An interesting read, nonetheless. 
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4.5

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4.0

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4.5

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5.0

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scugerino's review against another edition

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4.5

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courtney_g's review against another edition

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5.0

I think this book is incredibly important for everyone to read. As a teacher and someone interested in psychology and the mindset of those who kill, I found this book to be very informative and reflective. It made me think about the way we look at youth that commit acts of violence. It also made me think carefully about the issue of mental health and how it is handled in our world. We’ve got a very long way to go if we really want to help people but it’s crucial to help.
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5.0

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