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Radium Girls by Cy.

books_beats_bunke's review against another edition

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4.0

Beautifully, drawn, no substitute for getting the full story, though. Still packs a gut punch.

geekwayne's review against another edition

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4.0

'Radium Girls' with story and art by Cy. is a graphic novel that tells a true and tragic story.

In 1918, a young woman gets a job painting numbers on watches with a new substance that glows in the dark. The best technique is to lick the brush first to keep the tip sharp and meet quota. What they don't know is that the miracle glowing substance is radium and it is killing them.

The story is good and needs to be told. In fact, it was in another book with the same name. The art flows in lines even as the story becomes inevitably grim.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Iron Circus Comics. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

rndmltrs's review

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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

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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

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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 !

v_gonz's review

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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

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fast-paced

2.25

chelseamann's review

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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

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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.

livbreading's review

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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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