| "In this remarkable account of the...Columbine High School shooting,....Cullen expertly balances the psychological analysis...with an examination of the shooting's effects on survivors, victims' families and the Columbine community." (starred review) 02/23/2009 "One of the enduring ironies of the Columbine High School shootings is how, despite an avalanche of media coverage, much of what we thought we knew was so wrong....COLUMBINE scrapes away the urban legends and popular analysis, and shows the reader clearly what happened." - James Hart 03/29/2009 "It's a book that hits you like a crime scene photo, a reminder of what journalism at its best is all about....[P]erhaps the most profound achievement of COLUMBINE [is] to evoke in us an unexpected empathy -- not for what the killers did but for who they were. Their lives, Cullen wants us to remember, are tragic also, and if we are ever to get at the heart of this story, we must make room for them in the calamity." - David L. Ulin 04/05/2009 "[In this] ambitious and ultimately compelling take on the tragedy,...[Cullen] breaks new ground..., dispels myths..., and makes us feel intensely for those who were killed and wounded." - Jocelyn McClurg 04/02/2009 "COLUMBINE is an excellent work of media criticism, showing how legends become truths through continual citation; a sensitive guide to the patterns of public grief...; and...a fine example of old-fashioned journalism." - Jennifer Senior 04/19/2009 |
