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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
4 reviews
colter_hoen's review
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Medical trauma, Medical content, Cancer, Addiction, Gore, Vomit, Suicide, and Alcoholism
jhbandcats's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
What a riveting, horrifying book. The whole time I was reading the first half, I was tense thinking “Don’t do that!” or “Get out of there!” or “You stupid, stupid idiot!” I knew what was going to happen even if the people at Chernobyl didn’t.
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!
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!
Content Warnings
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
sophie42's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit, Terminal illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, and Cancer
Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism
Minor: Abandonment and Animal death
neridan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death
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