Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

52 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

keirahelena_'s review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

kemetaur's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad

5.0

This book is absolutely horrifying and captivating. 
I couldn't stop talking about this book after I read it. 
The book was so well researched, there was so much information and context provided about the general social environment as radium was new and exciting, how people were thinking about it, trying to find new ways to use it, how different social classes related to it and had access to it, how much information (or not) was shared between scientists, doctors, business owners, and workers during those years. The added context of the times really put everything into perspective and brought the story to life for me. 
Reading about the initial carefree excitement at the beginning was sad and built tension, knowing that things would eventually go so badly. They couldn't have known just how badly. The writing was incredibly vivid. The author really makes you feel like you're right there, watching horrifying events as they unfold, celebrating victories, caring about the people involved as real individuals, not just dry facts and a list of names on a page.

The one thing that really bothered me was the audiobook narrator audibly swallowing after each paragraph throughout the book. I feel like that could have easily been edited out or something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Cancer

aahrobot's review

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

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

mald626's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body horror, Infertility, Grief, Gore, and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Domestic abuse

cricci's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Chronic illness

Minor: Domestic abuse

gondorgirl's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Ableism, Medical content, Terminal illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Death

o_watson's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Cancer, Child death, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

sometimes_samantha_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.5

The writing felt a little bit slow at times, but the story overall was shocking, intriguing, and sad. I'm glad something was learned from these ladies, but so much more should've been done for them sooner. A very interesting read.

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Content Warnings

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