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Radium Girls by Cy.

rndmltrs's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

sofdavictoria's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

HQ linda! Ótima forma de conhecer a história das garotas radioativas. Mas a morte da Mollie é muito confusa

chloewiart's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

J'ai adoré cette bande dessinée ! Les dessins sont magnifiques, j'ai beaucoup aimé les couleurs et l'histoire est très intéressante et surtout touchante. Mêler l'histoire des Radium girls avec l'histoire des femmes en général était une très bonne idée et ajoute une profondeur au récit. Cela faisait des années que je voulais la lire et je suis absolument ravie de l'avoir enfin fait !

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4.0

Really loved the art style and how the green became more pervasive as the book progressed. Definitely a more surface-level history, but still well done.

annatmreads's review against another edition

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fast-paced

2.25

chelseamann's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

lillanaa's review against another edition

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5.0

This book was received as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I actually had to do two readthroughs of this one to fully form my thoughts about it, because although it's a story I know and one that has become more... I hesitate to use the phrase mainstream, but the book [b:The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women|31409135|The Radium Girls The Dark Story of America's Shining Women|Kate Moore|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1496007867l/31409135._SY75_.jpg|47264110] definitely shot it into the sphere of more common knowledge, there's things here that I wasn't fully aware of and wanted to take another peek at. While I love most historical graphic novels, this one caught my eye even more because I actually thought it was related to Moore's book, and I was delighted to find out it wasn't. This book is actually relatively unbiased, too, it paints the women for who they are; for better and for worse. A few people have keyed into the scene on the beach, which I understand where some may find it offensive, however I think it lends a certain amount of humanity and timeliness to the whole situation. Not every activist was perfect, not every person was a saint, and Cy has done a wonderful job showing the effects of society on these women. Their story is one of trying to exist, really, in a terrible situation, and the tone is set beautifully with the style and colour scheme of this, definitely one I'd recommend picking up.

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dark funny informative fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5


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lacyslibrary's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

aylincoolcat's review

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4.0

Endlich mal wieder ein Comic, der das vereint, was ich an der neunten Kunst liebe:

Ein einzigartiger Zeichenstil gepaart mit einer anrührenden und gesellschaftlich relevanten Geschichte.

Die Künstlerin Cy erzählt in ihrem mit Buntstiften!!! gezeichnetem Comic von einer Gruppe Frauen, die in den Zwanzigerjahren in New Jersey in einer Fabrik arbeiten, wo sie Ziffernblätter von Uhren mit Nachtleuchtender Farbe bemahlen. Ein Job, der es ihnen ermöglicht, durch den eigenständigen Verdienst selbständig und unabängig zu sein.

Die Nebenwirkungen, dass sie im Dunkeln leuchten und als "Ghost Girls" bezeichnet werden, nehmen sie dabei mit Humor und lackieren sich sogar selbst die Nägel mit der Radium-Farbe, um auf den nächtlichen Feten aufzufallen.

Als jedoch immer mehr von ihnen krank werden und schließlich sterben, gehen die Frauen diesen seltsamen Zusammenhängen auf den Grund und finden heraus, dass die Nachtleuchende Farbe gar nicht so ungefährlich ist, wie ihre Vorgesetzten es vorgeben.

Die fünf Freundinnen, um die sich die Geschichte dreht, schließen sich letzendlich zusammen und wagen etwas noch nie dagewesenes: Sie starten einen der ersten großen Arbeitskämpfe von Frauen gegen die Industrie und setzen damit ein historisches Zeichen, dass leider in Vergessenheit geraten ist.

Umso wertvoller ist also dieser Comic, in dem Cy die bewegende Geschichte dieser energischen Frauen hervorholt und mit ihrem einzigartigen Zeichenstil und die ganz besondere Farbgebung ins Gedächtnis einprägt und unvergesslich macht.