I struggled with this book because I felt like I was reading a memoir more than an objective account. For some reason, this just rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like the subject matter was less powerful because it was influenced by a personal representation of facts.

I also don't think this book is a good fit for someone who is just starting their knowledge jorney on the Manhattan Project. If you didn't have any background knowledge in the Manhattan Project, the WWII nuclear race, or the atomic age than you will feel as though you are missing vital pieces of information at various times. This book is more supplemental than primary. This book is also rather short (under 300 pages) so it can be a wonderful companion.

*****Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to this AMAZING Audiobook! If you love anything Historical then you’re going to enjoy this one. It’s so detailed about the Nazi Nuclear Program. I’m not a stranger to research of this topic but learned a bit more I didn’t know even happened. ☢️*****

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to listen to this audiobook!

For fans of Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, Physics, Science, or History, this book is an absolute must!
It is a non-fiction historical account of the Nazi Nuclear program in WWII, and the story centers around the original cubes of Uranium 664 and the beginnings of the Atomic Age. Heisenberg, the Curies, Hitler and the Third Reich are all involved in the race to be the first to make an atomic bomb.

The information in the audiobook is well organized and well-presented. I have a degree in chemistry, but the chemistry and physics presented were easy to understand. The narrative style and pacing were on point, and the narrator kept me engaged throughout the entire book. The information presented was truly fascinating and I learned several new things by listening to this book! Definitely will be recommending this book to my science friends!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really liked it, stuck with me & would recommend

This non-fiction historical account of the Nazi nuclear program is told through tracing the tale of two of the original 664 Uranium cubes, which the Third Reich had pinned their nuclear ambitions on. From Werner Heisenberg and Germany's nuclear program to the Curies, the first family of nuclear physics, to the Allied Alsos Mission's infiltration of Germany to capture Nazi science to the renegade geologists of Murray Hill scouring the globe for uranium, the cubes are lodestars that illuminate a little-known—and hugely consequential—chapter of history.

It's part treasure hunt, part historical narrative. I was hooked and voraciously devoured it. The science was easily understood, but not dumbed down. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in history, science history, and even those who like historical fiction, because it reads like a novel.

The narrator, Wendy Tremont King, did a fantastic job. I had no trouble understanding what was happening, and her voice was clear and somewhat soothing.

Thank you to Tantor Audio, NetGalley, and author Miriam E. Hiebert for providing me with a digital ARC copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. The Uranium Club is out July 11, 2023.

This audiobook is very informative and tells the history of the race for nuclear power, from WWII Nazi Germany to the Manhattan Project in America. The narration is well-done, but due to some in-depth scientific discussions and some jumping from time period and place, it was a bit difficult for me to listen to for comprehension--I think reading would have been more valuable for this book.

I am not usually an audiobook reader, but I decided to pick up this book because it was about a topic I find to be very interesting... WWII.

This book does talk a lot about the bombs during WWII and uranium and I found it slightly too science heavy for listening to. I think if I actually read the book, I would understand it better!

I thought the narrator read the book a little too slowly for my liking. I actually sped it up to 1.25x because my brain wanted to process the information faster. By speeding it up it helped a lot.

I thought the narrator did a good job of differentiating the voices.

Overall, an interesting story, but I think I should have read this one.

This was so interesting to read and learn about - how uranium made its way out of Post WWII Germany and into safe and some not so safe hands. The perception of German intelligence and their nuclear program versus the reality of the state of their experiments was fascinating. A great paced read that is interesting throughout, I'm glad I've read more about uranium, its discovery and use!

My apologies, I try very hard to only pick books I think I will enjoy. After 25% I stopped listening. The book just seemed to have a very long lead up to what it was really about. The narrator has a great voice but it isn't the voice for this book either.

I will not post any further reviews of this book anywhere.

The Uranium Club is about the beginnings of the ‘atomic age’ and how things shook out in WWII. I picked this book thinking that my husband may enjoy listening to it on a road trip, and he picked another book, so I was stuck doing this one on my own. ;)

I was surprised how absorbable it really was for someone like myself (aka someone that isn’t super interested in history, and felt it to all be very dull during school).

This book is well written, and had enough for myself as an entry level human to the subject matter. If you have any interest in the history of the Atomic Bomb, Uranium, and Radium, this is worth spending time with.

This is a really good book! The writing is excellent. I was a little worried it’d be over my head with the subject, but it wasn’t. This book is written in a way that you learn a lot and it is unraveled in a story so you are following people and their involvement as well as the science. If you are interested in either the science or the history uranium played in WWII this is a solid read.