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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
77 reviews
lark1010's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, and Pregnancy
mald626's review
4.25
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
5.0
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
5.0
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
aly_anne's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death
Moderate: Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Infertility
Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy
bookedandbusy's review against another edition
5.0
This was an incredibly heartbreaking and thought provoking novel. These women fought so hard despite the extraordinary circumstances they faced. They didn’t give up even when they had nothing left. Learning about the advancements in forensics, medicine, and law was fascinating, and reading about the women’s fight for justice was inspiring.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Cancer, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: War
o_watson's review against another edition
5.0
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
miistical's review against another edition
4.75
For too long the women had waited for the truth. The scales, at last, were tipping against the company. The girls had been given a death sentence; yet they had also been given the tools to fight their cause—to fight for justice.
The diagnosis, Katherine Schaub now said, "gave me hope."
"The Radium Girls" is one of the most captivating novels (nonfiction and fiction) that I have ever read. While the first third - Knowledge - dragged on a bit, I devoured the next 300 pages in a 6 hour single sitting. Vindication and righteousness boiled in my blood; it was like a predator was searching for prey, hoping that the next page would spell out a slip for me to latch onto with my teeth.
I am not normally a fan of nonfiction, but Kate Moore's sympathetic and detailed language was perfect for envisioning each tragedy and justice the Radium Girls went through. On occasion, it did seem a bit too detailed—there are many descriptions of the face, body type, and personality of every person mentioned. However, it dawned on me that these were very much real people, not just names with a D next to them. That clear visual of these women and those who helped them reminded me that these were people who deserved to be seen, not just as letters on a page.
By the end, it did truly feel as if I were there with these poor women. I watched the court proceedings, sat in Catherine Donahue's living room, roamed Ottawa and Orange and New York. I despaired and cheered and, quite literally!, cried with them. This book is a monument to injustice in all its forms, and I highly encourage everyone to read it so that they may truly know hopelessness—and to hope anyway.
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Blood, Terminal illness, Cancer, Medical content, Grief, and Infertility
roksyreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Cancer, and Death
Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, Medical trauma, and Misogyny
infinite_harness9030's review
5.0
Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness
Minor: Sexism, Blood, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Murder