 In a talk with the CBC in 1952 , literary critic Northrop Frye praised Hyde 's visual skills , but said , " There 's no point in getting the book for your library unless you like the engravings themselves as separate works of art . " He found the book a quick read in contrast to the time it took to make it , and called its " continuity " a weak point . He considered the visualization of the bomb 's destruction of living things the strongest justification for the work . 
