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A Columbine Survivor's Story

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I enjoyed this book .I liked the down to Earth writing style in which she related her story.I am always interested in hearing about peoples experiences at Columbine.To me the best part of the book was when Marjorie related personally seeing Dylan Klebold being picked on and harassed in the Halls at Columbine.
That first person account was very detailed, and touching and means so much to me.I also commend her for acknowledging the pain of E and D's families and expressing sympathy towards them.
I wish Marjorie a lot of luck and success in the future and I thank her and her Mother for sharing her story.

Marjorie Lindholm takes you from this perfect little life where everything comes easy to a living hell. She was this golden girl cheerleader that had her whole life planned out until she got stuck in a classroom during the massacre at Columbine High School. Her story shows what happens to a person who never had to deal with hard knocks when they get sucker punched with something really horrible. She wants to be understood more than be liked because she is painfully honesty about stuff most people would hide. Great book if you are looking for real life, not some fairy tale with a happy ending and great moral.

I read this book in just 2 days. I couldn't put it down. Marjorie tells her deepest thoughts, and I could relate. I've been through a traumatic experience, and I couldn't deal with it for the longest time, but eventually I came to terms with life. Reading her book put alot of things in perspective and made me feel like I'm not alone in the world. I'd recommend it to anybody who has had to deal with violence first hand. You'll see yourself in the pages.

I read this book for English Class and did a presentation about it. It's a really good book for teenagers and maybe younger adult, but probably not for younger kids because she talks about some pretty graphic stuff. Probably not for older people because it isn't very upbeat and not the way they would want to see a survivor portrayed. Fairly honest insights that I could relate to.

Marjorie Lindholm describes her experiences before, during and after the Columbine shooting. The book reads like a conversation. I admire Marjorie for her determination. I appreciate that this is a book she felt she had to write, and I think it will be interesting to lots of people. I just want to warn everyone that if you're trying to satisfy your morbid curiousity, look elsewhere. This book does have a chapter or two that takes place during the shooting, but mostly it's about Marjorie's life after the tragedy and how it was different. The story isn't told in scenes. It's told in summary. But I found myself really relating to Marjorie so I could understand why she wrote this. It's mostly meant for those who want to know more about the real life ripple effects of this horrible crime.

Marjorie lets the reader see inside a very personal story, her life and past, and a first hand account of what really happened at Columbine. It was very moving to get a little view of what took place that day. It was an easy read, but very conversational language.

I recently recieved this book and I personally have to say that I thought that this was one of the more intresting and emotional book that I've read regarding Columbine in over 3 years. I thought that it was illuminating how this people dealt with what happened over the past 6 1/2 years(the positives and negatives) and this was worth reading.

However, I find that the major weakness of this book(at with most books that were released over the past 3 years regarding Columbine with the exception of the "No Easy Answers" book) is that most people from the "outside world" who are still intrested in what happened and especially why(who would buy the book) won't be wholly satified by the book and I believe that this is more to marketing than anything else.

With that weakness aside, I think that this is a very good read and I think that people should get this book.

I like this book because she seems very honest and sincere. Probably not as upbeat as I thought it would be, but still worth reading.

I throughly enjoyed this book. It gave me insight to what the author went through during that terrible day. She told how this event has changed her life forever. I purchased this book for my son and I to read after she had been at our high school to speak. The book helped my son and I to unerstand more what she went through and how far she has come in her recovery. It is great that she was willing to share her story in the book and going out to visit schools.

It was a little disapointing as in not much background just The day of the shooting.A little of the aftermath that pertained to her family.Very short read.