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

7 reviews

savreads28's review

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.0

The book was very informative on the subject of the Radium Girls. There was almost too much detail and getting through the book is definitely not for the weak. I listened to a lot of it on audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Terminal illness, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Cancer, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

infinite_harness9030's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

ashley_briana26's review

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book is a respectful telling of the lives of the Radium Girls. I came into this knowing nothing about them except that they existed and I closed this book only two days later and I have a much better understanding of the situation and the girls. This takes them from a vague concept of workplace safety and transforms them into real women that lived, worked, suffered, and died. The respect the author has for these victims is evident in her writing. This is not a bland statement of facts but a real story that’s being told that makes it easy to read. I highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, Murder, Death, Grief, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, War, Abortion, and Death of parent

fraise's review

challenging informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Animal death, Infertility, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

markedwithanm's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Terminal illness

rosenaughtin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Radium Girls is probably my favorite non-fiction book of all time! Kate Moore is a fantastic voice for these women who have been largely forgotten over history, despite their immense contribution to workman's compensation laws, worker safety, and our understanding of radioactive effects on the body. It was exceptionally well-researched and contained never before published excerpts from the girls' diaries and interviews with them and their family members. It should be noted that this book has some very gruesome depictions, so it's not for the squeamish. I loved how intimately the reader gets to know the girls, even with such a large cast of characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders