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A review by mskog
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
informative
medium-paced
4.25
Exhaustively well-researched and interesting throughout.
In particular, I appreciated that the author was able to explain everything a reader needed to understand about nuclear power plant operation, different models, the role different materials play in the reaction, etc., in a way that was somehow both accessible and did not drastically dumb down the subject. This explanation - very early in the book - is crucial to understanding and following along with a lot of what is described later, and I never felt left behind or in over my head.
In particular, I appreciated that the author was able to explain everything a reader needed to understand about nuclear power plant operation, different models, the role different materials play in the reaction, etc., in a way that was somehow both accessible and did not drastically dumb down the subject. This explanation - very early in the book - is crucial to understanding and following along with a lot of what is described later, and I never felt left behind or in over my head.