Reviews for Five past midnight in Bhopal

The average rating for Five past midnight in Bhopal based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-12-28 00:00:00 Michael Olszowka I have been postponing to write this review for over a month.. actually 2 months. That's because I am from Bhopal. What it talks about has lived in the 10km radius of my home, not too long back. The truth is, this industrial calamity is still alive with some residents of my city. December 3rd is the dark day for Bhopal. One fine day I decided to read the entire literature available on this case. This book was the last piece in winding up my study. With every page, I could feel the incident. I am too close to it to be able to overlook how Dominique successfully detached himself from the story, tried not to take sides and eventually succeeded in putting forth a matter-of-fact presentation of his research into this book. Earlier books and papers I had read were skewed in favour of the writing party's judgement. I was so emotionally charged by them that I didn't feel like talking to people around me, for days. This book as a contrast, presented the maximum closure possible. Here is what I would thank Dominique for: 1. Presenting the incidence in a novel 2. Researching small bits of the story to make me live it, without thinking of the next moment. 3. Presenting just the right dose of judgement and trying level best, not to skew it. 4. Living the disaster, as you researched for it Guess I don't have the calmness to go beyond this. I don't want to drone you into my emotions. Just know that it is true to the core and if you can feel even a fraction of the feelings it witnessed, I thank Dominique for that.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-05-21 00:00:00 Naveed Wali Don't read this book. Throw it away. Unless… … you want to be heartbroken with every line you read, cause you are painfully aware of how it all ends … you want to be despondent wishing every page of this book is untrue and fictional … you want to be choked with every smile you come across, every spark of hopefulness … you want to feel helpless thinking about yourself caught in that place at that time … you want to seethe with anger when you confront the callous apathy of the politicians … you want to boil with wrath at the ugly face of capitalism and its exploitation … you want to understand how meager life is valued in the world of industrialization and progress … you want to realize how vulnerable all our lives are in this greedy, flashy, hypocritical ^&$$&^%$@$#$# world Sigh!!!