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music_girl93's review
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Animal death, War, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
itschelseaw's review against another edition
- 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
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
Overall a great, sweeping story.
Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, Child death, Death, and Miscarriage
Minor: Sexual content
jeggert10's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: War, Toxic relationship, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Cursing, and Miscarriage
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Abortion, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Police brutality, and Rape
wellreadjen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I found the story about the women in Vietnam engaging and very interesting. I thought the way the sun the or crafted that story as well as the story about their treatment and struggles once home was well done. However the romance aspect of the book I found very poorly done and almost made me put down the book in annoyance. 3 love interests and two are married. The other is a trained psychiatrist who deals with vets and he doesn’t help her get help while they are together even though she is obviously struggling? And the guy it is implied she ends up with was one of the married guys. He did get divorced I guess but he still tried to get together with the main character while he was married. Not a stellar character in my opinion.
It also felt like the author went out of her way to basically say “waiting until marriage to have sex is outdated and stupid” but every time the character had sex with someone people got hurt and things got worse. Ope. Also the random references to abortion even when no character was seeking an abortion was also very odd putting as a prolife woman reader.
Anyway. I felt this had a lot going for it and was dragged down by a poor attempt at adding romantic drama to the book.
Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Infertility and Racism
Minor: Abortion
bearybooky's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Racial slurs, War, Violence, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy
chelse34's review
3.0
Hannah is an amazing story teller. I give her that. There were parts I enjoyed in the book and things I didn't. So 3 star average rating I'd say. Not my favorite book of hers, but not my least favorite.
Moderate: Medical trauma, Drug use, Addiction, Sexual content, Mental illness, War, Pregnancy, Child death, Car accident, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Death, Cursing, and Medical content
sadiegenene25's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: War, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Addiction
Minor: Sexual content
itspeachie's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Sexual content
alexklinect's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: War, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage
readwithkb's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, War, Drug use, Genocide, Blood, Car accident, Gore, Infertility, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture