Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

76 reviews

rachelhilary's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

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

katie0528's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.75

This story follows the lives, careers, court battles, and deaths of "the Radium Girls," women who used radium to paint watches, clocks, and equipment starting just before World War I, and moving into World War II. Constantly lied to about the dangers of radium by the companies they worked for, countless women were poisoned by the radioactive material. A tragic tale of young women fighting for answers and justice, this book focuses on the women themselves, not just their battles in court, but the personal hardships so many of them had to endure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexism, Terminal illness, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy, Infertility, War, and Miscarriage

tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Body horror, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Death, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Infertility, Pregnancy, Child death, War, Classism, and Suicidal thoughts

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

megnut's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer, Sexism, Infertility, and Miscarriage

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

It's appalling what happened to these poor women. I felt the book could have been shorter & the narration a bit less monotone, but I still enjoyed the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion and Domestic abuse

Some of the pictures in the book are a bit gruesome.

aahrobot's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I know others have said they don’t like how dramatic the author can be, but I think it makes it more interesting. I enjoy the facts, statistics, and quotes, but I really loved how Kate Moore showed us more of these women. Their lives, families, hobbies. I got to know each one of them, just as she had, and I think it adds more to the story. It makes this nonfiction story read like fiction. I learned things, felt things, and ultimately enjoyed the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Child death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, Infertility, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

lark1010's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, and Pregnancy