Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

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

102 reviews

galacticmist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Death, and Body horror

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

kking6's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

It does get a bit difficult to keep track of all of the people mentioned in the book. I think reading the book a second time would help me to solidify each person’s individual story. 

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Content Warnings

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

0tter_a's review

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

anna456's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Gaslighting, Gore, Chronic illness, Grief, and Terminal illness

csondra's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.75

Great read. Very emotional because of the severe suffering and injustice these women faced. But super important for their story to be told and remembered. Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Chronic illness

katsaysquack's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse and Grief

aestass's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Medical trauma, Cancer, Medical content, and Terminal illness

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