Reviews with content warning for Blood - The Women

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lauren_mirro's review

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dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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jeeprn's review

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adventurous emotional informative sad 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

4.5

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itschelseaw's review against another edition

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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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imfixintoread's review

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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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snug_with_books's review

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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themrshedrick816's review

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adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I’ve never had a book be so good, that I loved so much, yet make me so angry so many times!!! 100/10 ⭐️!!! Will def be a hard one to beat, it’s the best I’ve read so far this year!

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bringmybooks's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, & Macmillan for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

Review: One of my favorite authors, Kristin Hannah continues to prove that she has an unbelievable way with words. It's unbelievable how quickly she sucks you into a novel and makes you care so much about all of the characters. There are parts of her books (especially her more recent ones) that are a bit melodramatic and require a bit of suspended disbelief, but to be honest I don't know that it bothers me so much.

While there is a bit of heightened drama on the interpersonal side, the research and care that Hannah provides to the historical aspects of her novels is top tier and so welcomed. I feel like I learned a ton about the Vietnam War that I was not aware of before (mostly the women's experience of it), and I was very grateful for this book so that I could do more of my own research.

I did really enjoy the characters in this novel, even when they're making the most piss poor decisions - but my favorite part of the novels, and pretty much all of Hannah's novels, is the way she writes relationships between women. I do think this book is her penultimate example of that, and the relationships between the Frankie and her two best friends will stick with me for a long time.

Overall Rating: ★★★★★ / 4.63

Rating each element of the book out of 5★
Characters ★★★★
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Writing ★★★★
Plot ★★★★
Intrigue ★★★★
Logic ★★★★
Enjoyment ★★★★
Pacing ★★★★
Dialogue ★★★★

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it