Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

355 reviews

prime_minister_dinkleson's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Child death, Medical trauma, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Infertility, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Gun violence, and Gore

kjlewis494's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, War, Blood, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Classism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Sexism

music_girl93's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Gore, Alcoholism, Body horror, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Miscarriage, War, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Cursing, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

cayliem's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, War, Addiction, Gore, Miscarriage, Death, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, and Blood

weasley1912's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. Just wow. That was a powerful book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, War, Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse

shelbygibbs's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Murder

itschelseaw's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This was a great book. I really appreciated how Hannah showed both the war, and how Frankie grew disenchanted with the military/aware of the lies being told during her time there, and the effects of being in an active war zone on Frankie after she came home. Along the way I rooted for Frankie and her happiness, as well as Barbara and Esther’s.
I loved seeing the bond they created and how they continually showed up for each other through good times and bad.
It was interesting how people kept insisting there were no women from the USA in Vietnam; I wonder if that was government propaganda to keep more protests from happening. Such an unnecessary war, such an unnecessary loss of innocent lives.
I loved seeing Frankie deal with PTSD, as difficult as it was at times. The ranch truly feels like it is what she was meant to do. The ending made me gasp, even though I had a feeling

that Jamie never died.

Overall a great, sweeping story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual content

gsmallwood63's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This story was fascinating.  I learned information about the Vietnam war and the women who served that I did not know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, and War

Moderate: Self harm, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, and Gaslighting

imfixintoread's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

No one does historical fiction like Kristin Hannah. Despite the length of this novel, I could not put it down. It is a truly emotional read and I will be thinking about this book for a while. It has a lot to offer, too -- history, grief, friendships, action, thrills, and a salacious romance.  I truly cannot recommend this enough. It is such an important story line and it was done so, so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, War, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

megnmoore's review

emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm...l'm...speechless. What an incredible novel. Kristin Hannah is a word smith like no other. She has a way of bringing you into the story and taking you captive with every word written. I'm going to be processing this book for weeks to come. Wow. Wow. Wow. So so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Infertility, Drug abuse, Death, Medical content, Alcohol, Violence, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death