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adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
***I received this story as an ARC from NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. ***
This story was gripping and tense from the opening scene of a plane crashing into a small town in Minnesota. It was a terrifying premise for the plane to crash into a nuclear power plant, causing a Level 7 catastrophe up there with Chernobyl and Fakushima. The Civil War, Pearl Harbor, and 9/11 were the 3 major incidents to happen on American soil. To me, born in 1984, tragedies and war happen in other countries, not here. But this book reminded me that accidents and tragedies are possible on any given day. We're never 100% safe.
This book a lot of the HBO show Chernobyl and the danger those townspeople and plant workers put themselves in so they could save as many people as possible. This book embodied the human spirit to help each other in times of disaster. I enjoyed the author told the story from different perspectives- the power plant workers, the president and White House officials, the townspeople, and firefighters trying their best to save just one little boy. Although the author tried their best to explain the science, there were times I still got lost.
Great book overall!
This story was gripping and tense from the opening scene of a plane crashing into a small town in Minnesota. It was a terrifying premise for the plane to crash into a nuclear power plant, causing a Level 7 catastrophe up there with Chernobyl and Fakushima. The Civil War, Pearl Harbor, and 9/11 were the 3 major incidents to happen on American soil. To me, born in 1984, tragedies and war happen in other countries, not here. But this book reminded me that accidents and tragedies are possible on any given day. We're never 100% safe.
This book a lot of the HBO show Chernobyl and the danger those townspeople and plant workers put themselves in so they could save as many people as possible. This book embodied the human spirit to help each other in times of disaster. I enjoyed the author told the story from different perspectives- the power plant workers, the president and White House officials, the townspeople, and firefighters trying their best to save just one little boy. Although the author tried their best to explain the science, there were times I still got lost.
Great book overall!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent