1.07k reviews for:

Comfort & Joy

Kristin Hannah

3.25 AVERAGE

canatrace's review against another edition

3.0

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light easy read, neat twists about halfway through

lisa_with_the_neverending_tbr's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful fast-paced

nikkilerae's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Complicated

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Comfort & Joy
By Kristin Hannah
5⭐️

This was a beautiful story. Kristin Hannah is known for stories that reach your soul, and this one definitely does that. This story will engage all of your emotions as you journey with Joy to find Hope. 

Christmastime has a way of leaving a bit of magic around. This story has a bit of Christmas magic mixed into it. Just enough to keep that little piece of us that still believes in the magic of Christmas alive. 

The characters are well written and so is the plot. I want to say so much about this story and how my mind absorbed it, but I won’t. I will say, if you need something that’ll refresh you and leave you with some good feelings - then this book is perfect for you. 

hilary4h's review against another edition

1.5

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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This is the first Kristin Hannah I’ve read and I am… not excited about the other book on my shelf. This was so dumb. But I wanted a little Christmas read and this was fast and ya know what? The stupidity of this story matches the energy of 2024, so it was actually kind of perfect. I finished it, set it down, and said out loud to my husband, “well that was stupid.”

For actual content review… think Hallmark movie but over the top, even for them. So many tropes. Sure Christmas magic is nice but… this was just unbelievable.

cjburch0913's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective sad

meghanrherold's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nic_geca's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny hopeful mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nichellen's review against another edition

1.0

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Not even Hallmark movie territory. More like Great American Family. I really like the other Kristin Hannah I’ve read and thought I’d try this short holiday book, but nope. It’s from 2005 so it makes sense, but I have regrets. Also dislike that the audio was only available on Audible and the narration was cringe. 

rebecca4422's review against another edition

3.25

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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I wish it was a little more Christmasy! But it was an enjoyable little read. You can tell it is some of her earlier work.

I don’t love the unreliable narrator first half. Because it really made the second half feel drawn out for no reason with her figuring out whether it was real or not? And I definitely don’t think first half Daniel would have acted the way last chapter Daniel did? Kissing her??

OVERALL I did enjoy and would recommend someone read for a quick Christmastime book! 

jhinkley90's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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