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The Women by Kristin Hannah

56 reviews

bringmybooks's review

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

✨Bring✨ | Borrow | Bypass

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Torture, Miscarriage, Murder, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Pregnancy, War, Alcoholism, Cancer, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Self harm, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

jeggert10's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

ckozik1017's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Medical content, Gun violence, War, Suicide attempt, Violence, Addiction, Grief, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Racism, Police brutality, and Infertility

lomilt's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Medical content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, War, Mental illness, Sexism, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Misogyny

readwithkb's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0

solid 5 ⭐️ read… I did see some of the twists coming but overall the emotion behind the writing blew me away

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Content Warnings

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

thebookaddict's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wat een heftig en mooi boek. Ik heb zo ontzettend genoten van dit verhaal. Je leert heel veel over de Vietnam oorlog en het is heel realistisch beschreven. Je voelt alle emoties alsof je her zelf meemaakt. Het verhaal en de gebeurtenissen die het hoofdpersonage meemaakt maakte diepe indruk op mij. Ik had het zo met haar te doen. Ik vind oorlogsverleden altijd erg interessant en dit is zeker één die ik kan aanraden. Het bevat erg heftige onderwerp dus lees wel vab te voren de trigger warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Antisemitism, Infertility, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Vomit, War, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Cursing, Death, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical content, Chronic illness, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, and Body horror

kaylamoran's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This really lulled for me in the middle, and then by the end I kinda just wanted it to be done.  I do wish it focussed a bit less on the men in Frankie's life.  But overall, I absolutely felt for Frankie and I adored all the messiness of her.  I'll definitely read more Kristin Hannah.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, War, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Genocide, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Racism

marie_w's review

challenging informative reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Miscarriage

khaben31's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Medical trauma, Medical content, Infidelity, Gore, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Drug use

Minor: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexism, and Sexual content

elaineh7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, War, Violence, Addiction, Death, Child death, Mental illness, Drug use, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident