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A review by ainsleyc
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
In my few years of fascination of Chernobyl, there usually seems to be two methods of reporting on the disaster: one of specific scientific fact, and the other a mishmash of nuclear radiation horror story.
This book is neither, and is all the better for it. Higgenbotham manages a feat of describing the human cost of Chernobyl, and honoring the hundreds of thousands of people who titrelessly worked to mitigate the disaster, while also detailing the Soviet culture and yes, some science history, to effectively place the reader in Reactor Four and Pripyat before, during, and most importantly, after the disaster.
Its accessible, a feat of reporting, and reaffirms to me that the Chernobyl liquidators deserve more recognition.
This book is neither, and is all the better for it. Higgenbotham manages a feat of describing the human cost of Chernobyl, and honoring the hundreds of thousands of people who titrelessly worked to mitigate the disaster, while also detailing the Soviet culture and yes, some science history, to effectively place the reader in Reactor Four and Pripyat before, during, and most importantly, after the disaster.
Its accessible, a feat of reporting, and reaffirms to me that the Chernobyl liquidators deserve more recognition.