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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

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aestass's review

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dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

This is a comprehensive, historical tale that follows the radium girls of New Jersey and Ohio with detail. However, due to the length of the narrative and difficulty differentiating between the different painters, as well as the various court cases, it's hard to really connect with the victims.

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punk_flower_child's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0


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megantyler's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.25


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aahrobot's review

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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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charlottejones952's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0


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mald626's review

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challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25


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carriehaley89's review

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dark informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.5


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cricci's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

An intimate account is of the radium girls’ story from working at the factories, through their illness, to the last impact they had on our current workplace safety culture and relevant laws. I was horrified at the lengths the companies went to in order to avoid being held accountable as well as the tortured these women endured, but at the same time, I’ve been inspired by their strength of spirit. In this way, we remember the radium girls.

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gondorgirl's review

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0


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thedukeofpuke_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0


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