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sweetsandhorror 's review for:
The Half Life of Valery K
by Natasha Pulley
This was way outside my usual genres of choice, but I loved it. Historical fiction based on a real Russian radiation catastrophe in the 60s, much like Chernobyl, but with a queer romantic undercurrent between two very traumatized men desperately trying to find a way to make up for past crimes. The science was explained well, the plot was very interesting, especially given it was based on real events, and I just adore when I pick up a random, cool looking book and it just so happens to be gay. It’s like winning the lottery. The romance was so subtle that I wondered if I was just projecting onto it for a while, but that worked well overall for the plot. I also feel like I learned a lot about radiation, which is very cool. Highly recommend this.