Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

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

58 reviews

infinite_harness9030's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

jonie_rich's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I thought this was beautifully written! Be that as it may, you’re going to have to be in a good headspace to read this. It is grotesque, heartbreaking, infuriating, and chilling. The post script genuinely caused me to gasp. I had to take a break a couple of days in and read something else for a little while. However, I absolutely recommend this book, especially if this is a subject or a time period that you’re interested in. The author clearly did her research. I learned a lot while I was reading it and found it very compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Child death, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

scholastic_squid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Infertility, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Cancer

diannaphantomfiction's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

My only issue with this book was the length. While I understand telling the full story, at times the chapters seemed to drag. 

Otherwise, it has been a long time since I read a story that made me feel all the emotions possible, from disgust to hope. This was an absolutely wonderful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Ableism, Death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Body horror, and Cancer

Moderate: Infertility, Body horror, Gore, and Miscarriage

Minor: Domestic abuse

This is all true, so it will feel fairly heavy at times, but all of this present, sometimes in graphic detail

ashley_briana26's review against another edition

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

notapenguin's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Miscarriage

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Cancer, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Miscarriage and Infertility

jasperkelley2015's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

A book that is out of my usual comfort zone of reading. But I'm glad I stuck with it and finished this book. It is LONG but super well written. The women the book is centered around were fantastic choices. By the end, I felt like they were someone I could hung out with. It is a very difficult book to get through, and hearing these stories is not easy. But they are stories that need to be told!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Murder, and Terminal illness

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness