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escapinginpaper 's review for:
Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America
by Joshua Frank
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
Incredibly important for anyone to read, but especially if you're up in the PNW. I knew Hanford was bad news but I didn't really realize just how bad it really is and... Spoiler alert... It's scary bad. The author reiterates the watchdog org Hanford Challenge as a good way to get current news about the issue that doesn't make it to mainstream news, and I'll tell ya I'll definitely be regularly visiting.
As for the book, it's pretty accessibly written, despite getting slightly more technical in the latter third of the book. There's a lot to learn here and Frank makes it easy to digest, (well, as easy as nuclear disaster can be made to digest lol). I shaved off half a star because there's some repitition later in the book — apparently these are essays brought together from articles he's written, and that is definitely felt more clearly later on. Despite that, I'll be screaming this one from the mountaintops as a must read for Oregonians/Washingtonians.
As for the book, it's pretty accessibly written, despite getting slightly more technical in the latter third of the book. There's a lot to learn here and Frank makes it easy to digest, (well, as easy as nuclear disaster can be made to digest lol). I shaved off half a star because there's some repitition later in the book — apparently these are essays brought together from articles he's written, and that is definitely felt more clearly later on. Despite that, I'll be screaming this one from the mountaintops as a must read for Oregonians/Washingtonians.