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The Women by Kristin Hannah

33 reviews

jeggert10's review against another edition

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

wellreadjen's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense fast-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

2.5

Review contains spoilers. 

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It also felt like the author went out of her way to basically say “waiting until marriage to have sex is outdated and stupid” but every time the character had sex with someone people got hurt and things got worse.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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility and Racism

Minor: Abortion

bearybooky's review

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• 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

It was difficult to read but im glad i did. Vietnam happened before i was born and i dont know much about it. Now i know more. 

It was very sad. So many bad things happen to the main character i was beginning to lose interest and hope. But there is just enough redemption. 

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Content Warnings

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 against another edition

3.0

Man the Vietnam war was complicated. Lots of opinions about it and the people who fought in it. Learned a lot about that aspect. 

I had flashes throughout the book that reminded me of the movie "Pearl Harbor" but in Vietnam and in a book. Little plot similarities. 

I felt that one of the characters made the same mistake multiple times because the person didn't learn the first time. And it kept happening with different dumb mistakes! Learn your lesson girl! So deja vu a bit there. 

There's lots of content in this book that was difficult, but didn't bother me while reading it, namely: PTSD after the war, substance abuse, mass casualties and war injuries. 

There was some content that did bother me while reading, namely: lots of swearing (guess that's war for you), adultery, and fornication. Nothing was too graphic in the book, but there were some sex scene details I could have lived without. Wished she would have cut the scene sooner. 

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

music_girl84's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, Death, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, War, Blood, Deadnaming, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Animal death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

sadiegenene25's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad 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: War, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual content

itspeachie's review against another edition

emotional tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

alexklinect's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

Really good, really long, and really emotional. I appreciated the deep dive into a time of history that I wasn’t very familiar with. Some content, but not overly explicit. It was fascinating to read this alongside The Body Keeps the Score. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

readwithkb's review against another edition

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

emleyb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

Definitely not my favorite Kristin Hannah book. The characters didn’t feel as real/lovable as some of her other books. However, I really loved and appreciated a look into the Vietnam War, and life for veterans after. The ending was a long time coming, but satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Child death, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, and War

Moderate: Sexual content