Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

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

107 reviews

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

linda_wolf's review

dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

will_meringue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring

5.0

For all the dial-painters
And those who loved them

Before reading, I knew only the most basic things about the dial-painters: they glowed; they died. This book did what narrative non-fiction does best, opening up a topic I'd not really considered and making it speak across the past, present and future. It's a harrowing read - the descriptions of their deaths are brutally visceral, and I cried multiple times - but always clear-eyed, informative, emotional and empathetic. The cruelty shown by URSC, Radium Dial and other forces in the industry would be unthinkable if it wasn't all too common under capitalism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Body horror, Miscarriage, Blood, Cancer, Murder, and Medical trauma

nrogers_1030's review

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.

charlottejones952's review against another edition

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