Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

386 reviews

morganvw's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

4.75

4.75/5 - i will say i’m still new to the historical fiction genre, but wow. this is the first kristin hannah book i’ve read and it was overall heart wrenching and beautifully written. the depictions of infirmary were gory and graphic, but that was to be expected. i could feel the stress, sadness, grief, and anger that was depicted in this book. her deep research was shown while talking of war events, the news coverage, and PTSD.

i was kind of disappointed in the romance part, as i do not condone adultery, and there were some cliches that were pretty predictable.

overall a very emotional and reflective book that shines light on parts of the vietnam war that have not been talked about much or ever. it’s also quite readable for anyone who wants to get into this genre.

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**slight spoiler** in hindsight, i should have looked up trigger warnings as there were talks about substance abuse, adultery, suicide, and addiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, War, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Car accident, Suicide, and Torture

sophiab27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Forced institutionalization, War, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Death, Drug abuse, and Violence

abitterknitter's review

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

• 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

4.75

Vietnam was before my time. Whenever we go to Homes For Our Troops events, they ask veterans of different wars to stand and they apologize to the Vietnam vets for how the country treated them when they returned. I didn't have much understanding of that until now. Heartbreaking.

I expected SOMEONE to come back after they talked about how some who were shot down were POWs, not dead. I didnt expect to see Jamie again. That was a surprise. For a while, I thought the book was going to end with Frankie dying. Rye was a jerk. Frankie never did ask him about his divorce when he proposed. I'm glad Jamie came back and that the writer made their relationship possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Infertility, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, War, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Drug use, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Cursing and Cancer

temast62's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Medical content, War, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, War, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Blood, and Grief

latashman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I feel like this story could have been so much more. It is like the story of female Vietnam veterans was made into something that anyone could like, which is great, but I wish that there was more bite to it. I wish the author wouldn't have pulled the punches throughout the story. The focus on her love life felt cheap when she had gone through so much and frustrating. I wish there were more diverse POVs throughout the book or more dialogue about the Black veterans and nurses in the war. 

Also, I hate Frankie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Racism

Minor: Torture

nehaanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Confinement, Gaslighting, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

allthingstajah's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Torture, and Grief

dkropp1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Miscarriage, Child death, Suicide attempt, and Death

oliviastieler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Miscarriage, Medical content, Alcoholism, Addiction, Death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, War, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Child death, Drug use, and Alcohol

mmsbrooks24's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

The first half is in Vietnam and I found it to be predictable and disappointing.  However, the second half is after Vietnam and this is where the book really shines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, Alcoholism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt