Showing posts with label Bomb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bomb. Show all posts

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Mini Review: Bomb

After learn that this book won a ton of awards (Winner of the 2013 Sibert Medal, Winner of the 2013 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, A 2013 Newbery Honor Book, 2012 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature), I picked up Bomb.


The Good: I didn't know anything about the building of the atomic bomb, but this book kept me fascinated. I really liked how the book was set up - almost as a story. It definitely caught and kept my attention. An engaging read.

The Bad: It's not bad, but I wished the photos at the beginning of the sections had been sprinkled throughout the pages as it would have kept me from flipping back and worth.


Also doesn't Robert Oppenheimer remind you of an older Sheldon Cooper?