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slytherchef's review against another edition
dark
emotional
slow-paced
2.0
Not for me. It interested me but it being a bunch of letters/interviews was so disjointed it lost me about halfway
missyjohnson's review against another edition
3.0
difficult to read because of the suffering that people experienced. Difficult to read because of the deceit and lies from the government. difficult to read because of the trust that the people put in the government as well.
btbenner's review against another edition
5.0
As an American born nine years after the fact, I'd always learned about Chernobyl as a distant, foggy event. I knew what had happened - I'd seen the picture of the Elephant's Foot, I'd played Call of Duty 4 and saw depictions of Pripyat, and I'd watched the Vice documentaries about the Exclusion Zone today. In a way, that seems to be the way Chernobyl is discussed in Western media - like some sort of weird fascination with scientific horror. But before reading this, I wasn't yet able to find that human connection to the disaster. Reading what these folks had to say made it all real. It's not often enough that we - at least we Americans - hear the stories of the average men, women, and children whose lives were disrupted by what happened and how they've managed to cope with the effects. Reading this added a new dimension to my understanding if Chernobyl, and I am grateful that the author preserved these stories and shared them with the world.
hxxgrrrl's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
szilvicsanyi's review against another edition
5.0
Shocking. Moving. Very emotional. Highly informative. Must read.
maviemerveilleuse's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
michalow's review against another edition
4.0
This collection of voices and memories is devastating in so many ways. It's heartbreaking to realize how much worse this disaster was made by secrecy and disinformation.