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

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

Adam Higginbotham

560 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced

Description

Journalist Adam Higginbotham’s definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century’s...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 3,557 reviews

Moods

informative 94%
dark 56%
challenging 44%
sad 41%
tense 41%
reflective 32%
emotional 25%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 2%
hopeful 1%
inspiring 1%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 43%
fast 5%

Average rating

4.27

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

Submitted by users as part of their reviews

Expand filter menu View summary

See all...