Midnight in Chernobyl explained

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (2019) by Adam Higginbotham is a history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred in Soviet Ukraine in 1986. It won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2020. Higginbotham spent more than a decade interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing documents from the disaster, including some that were recently declassified.[1] Higginbotham considers it the first English-language account that is close to the truth.

Reception

According to Book Marks, the book received "positive" reviews based on 10 critic reviews with 6 being "rave" and 2 being "positive" and 1 being "mixed" and 1 being "pan".[2] In Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.18 out of 5) from the site which was based on 6 critic reviews.[3] On Bookmarks Magazine May/June 2019 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Higginbotham meticulously documents the details of this disaster and its aftermath in a narrative that the New York Times critic attests is “superb, enthralling and necessarily terrifying” and unfurls with a “horrible inevitability."[4]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The human drama of Chernobyl . . Dawn Stover . May 5, 2019 . September 10, 2020.
  2. Web site: Midnight in Chernobyl. 16 January 2024 . Book Marks.
  3. Web site: Midnight in Chernobyl Reviews. 11 July 2024 . Books in the Media. https://web.archive.org/web/20211201162032/https://booksinthemedia.thebookseller.com/reviews/midnight-in-chernobyl . 1 Dec 2021.
  4. Web site: Midnight in Chernobyl. 33. 14 January 2023 . Bookmarks Magazine.
  5. Web site: An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl . The New York Times . Jennifer Szalai . February 6, 2019 . September 10, 2020.
  6. Web site: Valeria Luiselli's 'Lost Children Archive' wins Folio Prize . . . March 24, 2020 . December 26, 2023 . December 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231226100401/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2020-03-23/valeria-luisellis-lost-children-archive-wins-folio-prize . live.
  7. Web site: Luiselli, Higginbotham Win ALA's Carnegie Medals . Michael . Schaub . . January 22, 2020 . December 26, 2023 . December 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231226100331/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/luiselli-higginbotham-win-ala-carnegie-medals/ . live.

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