Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

85 reviews

chelsevie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

I can't remember the last time a non-fiction book had me so emotionally gripped. Not only is this a tragic and compelling story, but it's told in such a way that you cannot help but be moved by the plight of the Radium Girls. 

No doubt Moore heightened some elements of the story for emotional impact but this otherwise seems so thoroughly researched that's it's almost as though you she was in the room watching the many facets of these stories unfold. 

Challenging, heart-breaking and ultimately inspiring; I'm SO glad that Moore not only delivered this story to the masses, but did so in such an in-depth and thought provoking way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

dobermaier's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.75

Fantastic read - I really appreciate the focus and care for telling the women’s personal stories. Absolutely horrifying tho. It made ME squeamish at times and I’m a huge horror/body horror person. Learn your labor history, friends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Body horror

Minor: Misogyny and Infertility

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Terminal illness, Body horror, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Ableism, Blood, and Infertility

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

This was a reread because IDK this book has just been on my mind a lot lately? Idk why not it was just as good as I remember. I still can't believe--but also very much can believe--the absolute HELL  that these women went through all in the name of capitalism and all while the people who made them suffer so much did their damnedest to obfuscate and deny everything about it. And how the law was just absolutely against them for so much of the way just because this was a novel type of poisoning and it happened to women. The research on this book is so thorough, but the author also does a great job of letting you get to know these women, the lives they led, and their personalities. It makes it all that much more real and gutting to read their stories. Fuck capitalism. That's all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

sehenry20's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

0tter_a's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Infertility

katsaysquack's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse and Grief

aestass's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

This is a comprehensive, historical tale that follows the radium girls of New Jersey and Ohio with detail. However, due to the length of the narrative and difficulty differentiating between the different painters, as well as the various court cases, it's hard to really connect with the victims.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Medical trauma, Cancer, Medical content, and Terminal illness

punk_flower_child's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, Cancer, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: War, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Suicidal thoughts

megantyler's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage