A review by blue_savannah
The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard

2.0

Good traveling reading on an interesting and difficult subject but overall I was disappointed. The author focused on too many characters so that none of them was really fleshed out. The title referred to the girls in the story, but two of the points of view were men. They didn't live for me, they were cardboard. Some big occurrences happened offstage, like what happened with Ralph. It just didn't hang together.
I'd have appreciated more of the historical side, much more discussion of the ethics of what was going on at Oak Ridge, rather than the romantic stuff. The only relationship that rang true was that of Joe and Moriah.

I received my copy through a Goodreads giveaway.