A review by momwrex
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss
3.0
This is a unique book. However, I have to limit my stars.
It was hard to follow - I would have appreciated a cue -change of font, frame, text alert about the historical side notes, maybe even a transitional paragraph telling us how the event related back to Marie Curie. The historical notes WERE interesting, but felt like they were just dropped in randomly. It felt very much like a high school student's research project that they didn't really spend time organizing.
In terms of the visual aspect, it was hard on my eyes. Too many pages lacked enough contrast between the text and the background colors. The font was hard to read. At the end, the author/artist reveals that she had designed the font.
I wish that authors and publishers would remember to make books accessible to all. (I am not a low vision reader - I think that if it was hard on my eyes, a person with reduced vision would really struggle with this.
It was hard to follow - I would have appreciated a cue -change of font, frame, text alert about the historical side notes, maybe even a transitional paragraph telling us how the event related back to Marie Curie. The historical notes WERE interesting, but felt like they were just dropped in randomly. It felt very much like a high school student's research project that they didn't really spend time organizing.
In terms of the visual aspect, it was hard on my eyes. Too many pages lacked enough contrast between the text and the background colors. The font was hard to read. At the end, the author/artist reveals that she had designed the font.
I wish that authors and publishers would remember to make books accessible to all. (I am not a low vision reader - I think that if it was hard on my eyes, a person with reduced vision would really struggle with this.