From the Bookshelf of YHS Class of 2022…

[close] Reading The Voices of Chernobyl was fascinating for a vast number of reasons. The issues of radiation and miscommunication that millions of people faced due to the Chernobyl accident and how they dealt with it gave me a new understanding for the pains and troubles that so many went through from losing loved ones to losing everything they once held dear to their hearts. While this book was interesting, it was a little hard to follow. It would skip from person to person with no sign that it was happening. First person accounts of tragic events such as this one are sometimes the only way that we find out the true impact that nuclear accidents have on people. This book was also very repetitive; I understand that they were interviewing lots of people who had very similar situations occur. Yet this repetition shows the seriousness of the accident and how many lives were affected and lost.