Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Radium Girls by Cy.

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barefootbetsy's review

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challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Good retelling! I think it is most powerful when combined with the longer Radium Girls book, but for someone interested in just learning a bit about what happened, this would be a good introduction. 

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cozylifewithabby's review

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medium-paced

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher C. Spike Trotman for providing me an e-arc copy in exchange for my honest review. 

I like to break down my graphic novel reviews into the character, plot, and art. 

Character: 
This graphic novel did an excellent job humanizing the girls (which history has tried to forget) showing them as young and full of life at the beginning with hopes and dreams and fun times at speakeasies and the beach. As well as showing them go through not only excruciating pain but the feelings of betrayal. 

Plot
One of the options for my classroom for the Social Injustices unit is Radium Girls by Kate Moore, but is a long and technically heavy book that deters many students. This graphic novel is perfect! It is a little swift moving. I feel that it could be a little longer, but the story is all there and the author does an excellent job of capturing the historical events as well as the emotions within its pages. 

Art 
The art style of Cy is very unique, but I love the penciled look and the soft coloring. I also like that the girls have enough variations that you can tell who is who and get more invested in their characters. The full spreads without words are powerful and each of the girl’s deaths are haunting but artistic. 

I will definitely be suggesting this graphic novel as an alternative option for those who want to learn more about this time period and these amazing women, but who do not want to read a large, scientific text.

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