4.5 stars rounded up. I really enjoyed The Black Bird of Chernobyl. It's funny and a bit sad, serious and light. The humour is dark and partly twisted. There's a lot of pop culture references that I enjoyed spotting.

Lilah in this book reminded me a bit of Delilah Green (Ashley Herring Blake's Delilah Green Doesn't Care) because both are kind of dark, melancholic women who choose their own path without thinking opinions of others. But both have their softer side beneath it all.

The Black Bird of Chernobyl was my first Ann McMan book and I will definitely read/listen to more. I enjoyed the book's audiobook production.