Reviews

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

skampa's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective

5.0

Absolutely beautifully written. Does a great job of conveying technical information in plain terms. Some may find that it starts off slow because it goes over the science of nuclear reactors at the beginning (rather than the disaster, which is more exciting). However, once this story gets going it was impossible to put down.

eamcmahon3's review

5.0

The insight into the ramifications of the radition both on the individuals and the Soviet Union as a whole was very interesting.

hannahboice's review

3.0

Felt a little repetitive with the information.

sweetcaroline76's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.0

monochromachine's review

adventurous dark informative tense slow-paced

5.0

_lilbey_'s review

dark informative slow-paced

3.75

the_horror_maven's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

dinobooger's review

5.0

Gives a more in depth accounting of the events, people, and cultural context surrounding the chernobyl explosion than the popular show, definitely worth a read if you're interested in chernobyl.

grapes_mccool's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.75

beachy123's review

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I have read a lot about Chernobyl and this is far and the best book to cover the subject. I couldn’t put it down. Well researched. I can’t wait to read more by this author. A fantastic book. Well done!