Columbine

This book is pretty good at chipping away the myths about Columbine (that the media played a big part in perpetuating). Myths that many believe to this day unfortunately. What I learned from this book was that these two boys were typical teenagers with typical teenage lives. They weren't really outcasts who were relentlessly bullied (at times, they were even the bullies).These were boys with serious mental issues. Not only that, but there were a lot of signs that things were going to take a turn for the worse. I took off a star because there were a couple things (that I recognized) that were a little shady. The infamous Marilyn Manson quote that seems to have been taken out of context about what he would have said (it was made to be about the killers when it actually about the survivors and community of Columbine), and the story about Byron Klebold getting kicked out of the house when the Klebolds apparently agreed that Byron would leave (although this information might have not been available until after this book was published). Anyway, this was an interesting read, and I recommend anyone who's even a little bit curious about the Columbine to read it.