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A review by coffeefrog22
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich
emotional
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Came into this expecting a factual history of the Chernobyl disaster, and ended up having my heart ripped out instead. One of the few books to genuinely change my life in some way - I can't read history books that don't have a real sense of empathy anymore, not after reading this one.
Thank goodness this book exists. Svetlana Alexeivich has a Nobel prize for a reason. She's one of the best journalists in history. Read this book.
Thank goodness this book exists. Svetlana Alexeivich has a Nobel prize for a reason. She's one of the best journalists in history. Read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Medical trauma, and Grief