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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
14 reviews
niliii's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Chronic illness and Mental illness
unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition
5.0
Higginbotham puts so much humanity in the story of atomic disaster and political maneuvering giving this beefy nonfiction intense plot points to pull you through the story.
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
jowestendorf's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
bessadams's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, and Suicide
hannah_et1982's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
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: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
thebearnest's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Alcohol
mscalls's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
corvidaeus's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, and Alcohol
zalouis's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Infertility, and War