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Nuclear War : A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.36 AVERAGE

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. 

hannahboice's review

4.5

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The closest thing to a horror novel that I’ve ever read. The timeline of the scenario helped the book remain interesting the whole way through. 

gharris777's review against another edition

4.25

dark informative tense medium-paced

mrblonde91's review

4.0

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

nook_pook's review

4.5

challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

stauffe's review

4.75

dark informative fast-paced

possibly's review against another edition

4.25

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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Good explanation of a worst-case scenario. I guess it's comforting to know that it'd be over quickly...