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kindred_spirit_96's review
challenging
dark
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informative
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.5
squids_can_read's review against another edition
dark
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tense
slow-paced
3.5
This book is about the many many women who were infected by radium while painting watch dials. It details their struggles with both their health and their lawsuits.
I thought this book was good but a little slow. The copy that I borrowed was about 200 pages more than the actual book which I thought was a little excessive. However, I thought that the detail given to the symptoms of the girls was really amazing if a little bit gross. I thought it was really important though especially to get the full depth of all that happened to these women. Honestly, the only reason that I didn't rate it higher was because it didn't super keep my attention. And I'm not always a nonfiction person so take my review with a grain of salt.
I thought this book was good but a little slow. The copy that I borrowed was about 200 pages more than the actual book which I thought was a little excessive. However, I thought that the detail given to the symptoms of the girls was really amazing if a little bit gross. I thought it was really important though especially to get the full depth of all that happened to these women. Honestly, the only reason that I didn't rate it higher was because it didn't super keep my attention. And I'm not always a nonfiction person so take my review with a grain of salt.
hnfive's review against another edition
3.0
I think this is a really important book and the story is fascinating (and horrifying). I really disliked the writing style - it felt very elementary
madisonh31's review against another edition
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5.0
Such an interesting and heartbreaking story. I really appreciated the authors connection to the women of this story, and the way she humanized them even after death was amazing
delfinedc's review against another edition
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5.0
zmorris1923's review against another edition
5.0
This book was horrible. Not in its writing, but its content. Capitalism truly is a horrible system where the lives of women come second, after the profits of a company. I am so thankful for the Radium Girls for their fight for workers' rights, but also for their volunteering to be studied for the betterment of society against radiation poisoning. There's so much I want to say, and I might write a more in-depth review soon. But this was a great book.