sarahelem's reviews
500 reviews

I've read worse things, I've read better things. The characters weren't exactly loveable, any of them. It was very campy.

Not how I remember it from childhood (I must have let my imagination get away from me), but it's still so good and eye opening. This was the book that got me into magical realism, and started my appreciation of Latinx voices. It still gets 5 stars.

I normally don't read chicken lit, but this one was recommended to me. The characters had depth, it was more than a play on tropes. Would recommend checking it out.

I learned a lot of good bits here, but I still take stories with a grain of salt bc some of these sound like people who come from money or have very high paying jobs (in addition to a joint income with their spouse). Some ideas will apply to other people's lives, but probably not the target audience of the book.

I keep coming back to this book and putting it down and picking it up again. 

It's grotesque and detailed, which, from the context we have so far fit  the descriptions, but it seems like the author continously harps on these descriptions and doesn't really move the story along. 

What happened to these women is terrible. I cannot imagine it happening to my body.  I do not believe that their experiences should be downplayed.  However, after reading about 40% of the book, I would rather learn about the historical moments of vindication or at least steps toward such along with justice and support for these women than keep learning about women dying from radium poisoning in intricate detail, time and time again.

I may be putting this book down for good. I am interested in this area of history, though, so I will likely search for content that explores the medical and legal discoveries of radium poisoning and more importantly, the aftermath of these findings coming to light. 

So many characters! Plot twists! Diverse perspectives! Still a relativel lighthearted read. I see why they made a show based on these books. Lots of material there. 

Pretty tropy, but I really did appreciate the underlying messages here. Dreamy and steamy.