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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
6 reviews
colter_hoen's review
5.0
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Medical trauma, Medical content, Cancer, Addiction, Gore, Vomit, Suicide, and Alcoholism
jhbandcats's review against another edition
5.0
I remember when the reactor at Chernobyl exploded but I never knew details. Physics and engineering are another, alien world to me so I didn’t even try to learn about it. (The same with Fukushima - I was shocked and saddened but never read further.)
This book explains things in layman’s terms, still beyond my English major’s comprehension, but I was at least able to get the gist of it. And I found it fascinating. The author takes a complex, often tedious, topic and brings it to life with details of what exactly happened and to whom. Much of what is in the book was hidden in Soviet archives and only came to light after the breakup of the USSR.
This is an amazing look at the worst nuclear disaster ever, where millions of people across Europe had their lives and livelihoods upended at best. Officially only 31 people died as a result of the accident but we know the toll is far higher with the early onset of cancers.
I’ve been telling friends about this book for days. I hope they read it!
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Animal death, Cancer, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
mscalls's review
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Terminal illness
aargot1's review
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Terminal illness, and Vomit
Minor: Alcohol, Miscarriage, and Infertility
sepitz's review
5.0
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Gore and Cancer
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt
jreads's review
4.5
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gore