Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

31 reviews

jaibird's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Alcohol

bessadams's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, and Suicide

hannah_et1982's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

No matter how much I learn about Chernobyl, there is always more to discover. The audiobook narrator did a wonderful job and it was incredibly interesting to listen to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

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!

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Content Warnings

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

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Alcohol

drcasey's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

sohma4uesugi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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