Comments on: Columbine by Dave Cullen

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:31:22 +0000

Oh ooops! I didn’t see that Dave already posted April Showers…

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:29:42 +0000

Another movie that made me think of Columbine is “April Showers”. You can read about it more here, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212451/ .

By: bjneary

bjneary — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:54:04 +0000

Dave, Each year we have a Faculty Book Club at Abington Senior High School in Abington, PA and there are about 20+ teachers and they read books that I have been looking for (spring and summer) and read beforehand and the teachers make recommendatioons as well. We don’t really have the time to meet, so each time a faculty member finishes reading, I discuss with the teacher(s). I cannot tell you how much of an impact this book had on me! Literally, I couldn’t put it down and found it compelling reading because I really didn’t know the true facts, I was believing the old lies, so thanks for a terrific read. I have been talking it up this summer and have been passing around my copy. I know your book will be generating alot of discussion as the teachers read it.

By: Dave Cullen

Dave Cullen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:13:35 +0000

Thanks, Jen and BJ. What is Faculty Book Club? I googled, but found several. Let me know if you’d like me to call in, if it’s a physical meeting.

By: bjneary

bjneary — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:15:01 +0000

Jen, I was totally absorbed and and also sickened by this book!!! Loved it, couldn’t put it down and having been working in a school library at that time—I was also compelled to read this. We will also read this in the fall for FACULTY BOOK CLUB. Cullen’s research was thorough, exhausting and soooo enlightening. I blog about the books I read on Goodreads so here is my review :

status: Read in June, 2009

This is a searing account of the fateful day in April ten years ago when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 students, 1 teacher and maimed many others. Author Dave Cullen, an investigative reporter, who was there that day and he tells us he was one of the ones who gave false information that day. What he gives us is an absorbing, sickening account with the many truths that were withheld and still leaves us all to ask “why” because other than psycho Eric Harris and follower Dylan Klebold’s rants, writings and obsessions, the reader doesn’t find out why they did it, just that they planned it for 2 years and their parents never knew. Yes, there were signs, but you have to read this thoroughly researched book to begin to get a sense of what the shootings at Columbine HS have become in the last ten years. Highly recommended, but achingly sad for the many losses still felt today.

By: Jen Hubert

Jen Hubert — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:38:17 +0000

Hi Dave,

Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Always nice to hear from an author! A very important book for teens as well as adults and I’m happy to spread the word.

By: Dave Cullen

Dave Cullen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:20:44 +0000

Thanks for the nice review, and the comments.

For films on the subject, I really liked two:

“Zero Day,” which got an Indie Spirit nom–mostly about the killers.

“April Showers,” about the survivors. It was directed by a survivor, and really well done. It came out this spring and is available on itunes.

By: Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:47:42 +0000

I, too, thought this book was well done, particularly the first half. I was worried that it would have a lookey-loo quality to it but instead I thought the subtitle should have been why everything you thought you know is wrong. Harris was particularly scary, and the ability to lie himself out of situations was disturbing.

By: val

val — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:30:24 +0000

i liked your old website better!! ;-(

By: Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:28:22 +0000

A good follow up to any school shooting book is the movie Home Room, starring Erika Christensen and Busy Philipps. It looks at the aftermath through the eyes of two survivors. It premiered at a private screening at Columbine and was well received.