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

538 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced

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The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research.April 25, 1986, in Chernobyl, was a turning point in world history. The disaster not only changed the world’...

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informative 94%
dark 56%
challenging 45%
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tense 40%
reflective 31%
emotional 24%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 2%
hopeful 1%
inspiring 1%

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