Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

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

61 reviews

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

aly_anne's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

This was a tough book to read, but so very informative. These women in Ottawa, IL and in Orange, NJ paved the way for the protections we have today (re: workplace hazards and compensation), and we it is incumbent on us to remember them and their families sacrifices and hardships. Highly recommend for anyone interested in women’s history, industrial history, and the impact of capitalism on worker’s health and safety. 

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Content Warnings

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

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

They deserved to be remembered 
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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Cancer, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: War

roksyreads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

A heartbreaking and inspirational account of resilience and bravery in the face of corporate greed, corruption, and utter negligence, The Radium Girls is a must read for anyone interested in social and cultural history. Moore paints in vivid detail the women (and their supporters) at the forefront of the movement to hold their employer(s) to account, and whose actions made significant contributions to early workers' rights movements more broadly. It was a privilege to read this book again after first reading it in February 2020.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

jackslackofshelfcontrol's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

nataleaf's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

very interesting but so long and i also didn’t like the narrator or all the “she probably said” shit like pls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Body horror

Moderate: Gaslighting

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

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

alexismong720's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Murder