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The Women by Kristin Hannah

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leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective 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

5.0

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oproy's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

I will say, the last 10% of the book had me crying and questioning life. But the first 50-90% was hard to get through. It was a lot of muck, and I felt that Frances had to go through almost too much hurt. It felt unnecessary.

Like I would have believed her trauma after the first death. I also did not like how quickly the author tried to characterize her at the end as an old spinster. It was just such a quick turnaround after 200 pages of war, and 200 pages of Frankie spiraling.

Overall, I honestly probably would not recommend this book because it is so heavy and at points a little too preachy for my taste. However, the setting and idea behind it is very interesting and definitely something I want to look into further after reading. Even in school, I don’t feel that I learned much about the Vietnam War let alone the women in the war, so this feels like a jumping board.

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shaney_swift's review

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dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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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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sabripolin's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

this was longer than it needed to be, many parts felt repetitive and even preach-y. If there was more finesse or editing to the writing, would have added half a star or so!
I also was originally disappointed in the focus on romance, but I actually see that storyline as a part of Frankie as an unreliable narrator. I do appreciate the finesse Kristin Hannah put on describing

frankies attraction to Rye in Vietnam

from the outset… I was sus of him all along smh

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rkibler24's review

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challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

0.5

Yet another disappointing read from Kristin Hannah. This book was chosen for a book club or I never would have picked it up after trying to read The Four Winds. No more Kristin Hannah for me, for real this time unlike

the resurrection of not one, but two of Frankie's love interests (insert eye roll here)

The writing is terrible, the main character is unlikeable, and the story too contrived and predictable. I listened to it in the car because at least the narrator was good.

The war scenes were especially graphic, gratuitously so. Despite how long this is, there is no real character development except that you dislike the main character more and more as it goes on. I was disappointed that some of the other women weren't highlighted - from the title it sounded like it was going to be about the women, not the woman. It felt like the book didn't actually have an editor. Either that or the editor was afraid to hurt the author's feelings.

Just as with The Four Winds I am baffled as to how this got published + why there are so many four and five-star reviews.

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elisegerardi's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Sad, nerve-wracking and a couple of good twists. Kristin Hannah does it again. My only qualm is that it skipped over time periods a little bit quickly. Overall liked it a lot!

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