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dobermaier's review against another edition
4.75
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
5.0
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
galacticmist's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Death, and Body horror
leweylibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Body horror
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy
tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition
4.5
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
punk_flower_child's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, Cancer, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness
Moderate: War, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage
Minor: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Suicidal thoughts
linda_wolf's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Body horror, Cancer, and Death
kemetaur's review against another edition
5.0
I couldn't stop talking about this book after I read it.
The book was so well researched, there was so much information and context provided about the general social environment as radium was new and exciting, how people were thinking about it, trying to find new ways to use it, how different social classes related to it and had access to it, how much information (or not) was shared between scientists, doctors, business owners, and workers during those years. The added context of the times really put everything into perspective and brought the story to life for me.
Reading about the initial carefree excitement at the beginning was sad and built tension, knowing that things would eventually go so badly. They couldn't have known just how badly. The writing was incredibly vivid. The author really makes you feel like you're right there, watching horrifying events as they unfold, celebrating victories, caring about the people involved as real individuals, not just dry facts and a list of names on a page.
The one thing that really bothered me was the audiobook narrator audibly swallowing after each paragraph throughout the book. I feel like that could have easily been edited out or something.
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Cancer
cursed10fold's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror and Terminal illness
Moderate: Gaslighting and Misogyny
forgetfullucy17's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Body horror, and Death