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A review by lillanaa
Radium Girls by Cy.
5.0
This book was received as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I actually had to do two readthroughs of this one to fully form my thoughts about it, because although it's a story I know and one that has become more... I hesitate to use the phrase mainstream, but the book [b:The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women|31409135|The Radium Girls The Dark Story of America's Shining Women|Kate Moore|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1496007867l/31409135._SY75_.jpg|47264110] definitely shot it into the sphere of more common knowledge, there's things here that I wasn't fully aware of and wanted to take another peek at. While I love most historical graphic novels, this one caught my eye even more because I actually thought it was related to Moore's book, and I was delighted to find out it wasn't. This book is actually relatively unbiased, too, it paints the women for who they are; for better and for worse. A few people have keyed into the scene on the beach, which I understand where some may find it offensive, however I think it lends a certain amount of humanity and timeliness to the whole situation. Not every activist was perfect, not every person was a saint, and Cy has done a wonderful job showing the effects of society on these women. Their story is one of trying to exist, really, in a terrible situation, and the tone is set beautifully with the style and colour scheme of this, definitely one I'd recommend picking up.
I actually had to do two readthroughs of this one to fully form my thoughts about it, because although it's a story I know and one that has become more... I hesitate to use the phrase mainstream, but the book [b:The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women|31409135|The Radium Girls The Dark Story of America's Shining Women|Kate Moore|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1496007867l/31409135._SY75_.jpg|47264110] definitely shot it into the sphere of more common knowledge, there's things here that I wasn't fully aware of and wanted to take another peek at. While I love most historical graphic novels, this one caught my eye even more because I actually thought it was related to Moore's book, and I was delighted to find out it wasn't. This book is actually relatively unbiased, too, it paints the women for who they are; for better and for worse. A few people have keyed into the scene on the beach, which I understand where some may find it offensive, however I think it lends a certain amount of humanity and timeliness to the whole situation. Not every activist was perfect, not every person was a saint, and Cy has done a wonderful job showing the effects of society on these women. Their story is one of trying to exist, really, in a terrible situation, and the tone is set beautifully with the style and colour scheme of this, definitely one I'd recommend picking up.