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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
109 reviews
mondovertigo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Death, Blood, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Grief, Gore, and Cancer
Moderate: War
Minor: Abortion
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
4.75
I didnt like a lot of the writing but i think a lot more people need to know about this and i respect her for writing it
Its often infuriating and hard to read and so fucking sad but this narrative needs to be told. The way that women and workers are constantly and consistently ignored for company gain does make you start to lose all hope in humanity thought.
That the worst possible scenario was barely listened to (and arguably not listened to) leaves little room for hope
Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Medical content, Miscarriage, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Murder, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Grief
mightymegan25's review
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness
rosemaryandrue's review
4.0
I've heard the story of the Radium Girls before, but I did not really know the details of the struggles that the women went through, and how thoroughly they were betrayed by their employers. The author wrote in the afterword that she wanted to put the stories of the women at the center of the tale, and I thought she succeeded in this remarkably, really bringing home the horror of the situation. I also learned for the first time how these women contributed with their lives and deaths to the study and management of radioactive elements to this very day.
However, I thought the end was abrupt - after the death of Catherine Wolfe Donahue, we whizz through the subsequent court cases - I suppose because the endless appeals have been covered in depth elsewhere, but I wish we got some more detail there about how it was achieved.
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Cancer, Infertility, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma
irishrose7777's review
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
danimacuk's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexism
alexisgarcia's review
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, Cancer, Gaslighting, Gore, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Infertility, Medical trauma, Blood, and Grief
scorpi07's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Death, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Blood
Moderate: Miscarriage, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma
Minor: Domestic abuse
raneyak's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Cancer, Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy
fraise's review
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Gaslighting, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Infertility, Miscarriage, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy
Minor: Abortion