Children of Radium
Reviews round-up
Children of Radium
by Joe Dunthorne
3 of 3 critics positive
5 reviews: 2 raves, 1 positive; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“In this riveting memoir”
Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance by Joe Dunthorne
Rave
Read the review ↗“complicity, courage and cowardice examined in a slippery marvel”
Children of Radium by Joe Dunthorne review – complicity, courage and cowardice examined in a slippery marvel
Positive
Read the review ↗“doggedly researched his Jewish ancestor's scientific work benefiting the Nazis”
Review: What to do when family history is radioactive? Work around stonewalling relatives
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗Malcolm Gaskill · Perpetual Sunshine: Radioactive Toothpaste
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗A Subversive Family Memoir Tinged With Tragedy and Mustard Gas (Published 2025)
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
