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Nuclear War : A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.35 AVERAGE

alexjed123's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad medium-paced

deluxej's review

5.0

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Forget horror books, read this. It’s horrifying

cowboytd's review

4.0

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bookwormali's review

3.0

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astratton1027's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

rebeccaa0's review

2.5

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Well, that was absolutely terrifying

kalliepacholko's review

4.75

dark informative tense fast-paced

cara_embree's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

cayenne503's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative tense fast-paced

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Horrifying. 
I’m no military expert or weapons aficionado so I have no idea how accurate the descriptions of the missiles and warheads are, but it is convincing. The “story” part of this book seems terrifyingly plausible. The effects and aftermath are nightmarish. 

I took one star off because sometimes the writing style is repetitive and heavy handed. It doesn’t necessarily detract from the message but it just kind of seems unnecessary. Then again maybe that’s the point. 

Overall, very good and informative. 

dafyddhobbs's review

5.0

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Terrifying, but I couldn’t put it down.