2019/11/27

BOOK REVIEW:
ANOTHER DAY IN THE DEATH OF AMERICA BY GARY YOUNGE

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Title: Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
Author: Gary Younge
Published: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 267
Rating: 3/5


Summary:
In this book, Gary Younge chose a random day and took a look at all the children and teens who lost their lives due to guns in America during those 24 hours.


Review:
I kind of wish I had read this book right when it came out instead of putting it off until now, because I feel like I've been exposed to so many other stories since then which made this have less of an impact than perhaps it would've a few years ago.

I do think the topic that this book explores is extremely interesting. It's heartbreaking to see the impact such accessibility of guns and the culture around it has and the fact that all of the people we meet in this book who died are so young makes it even worse. It's infuriating that these kinds of deaths cause next to no outrage because they've become so common.

Personally though, there was something about the way this is written that didn't quite... it wasn't quite there for me. I felt like everything got a little repetitive after a while, some parts felt a little dry and I didn't quite feel like I really got to know the people we met; a lot of them bleed into each other a little bit. I also think the discussions in this book felt a little simpler than I wanted and I felt like it could've dug a little deeper into the issue.

I think this can serve as a good introduction to this topic though, so if you haven't read a lot or know that much about it, it would probably be worth the read. For me though, I don't know if I really feel like I got that much from it.
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