Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

32 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

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

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

This was a reread because IDK this book has just been on my mind a lot lately? Idk why not it was just as good as I remember. I still can't believe--but also very much can believe--the absolute HELL  that these women went through all in the name of capitalism and all while the people who made them suffer so much did their damnedest to obfuscate and deny everything about it. And how the law was just absolutely against them for so much of the way just because this was a novel type of poisoning and it happened to women. The research on this book is so thorough, but the author also does a great job of letting you get to know these women, the lives they led, and their personalities. It makes it all that much more real and gutting to read their stories. Fuck capitalism. That's all.

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Content Warnings

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

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

punk_flower_child's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

charlottejones952's review

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts