Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

38 reviews

esjackson's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Grief, Violence, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Cursing, Suicide, Addiction, Child death, Alcohol, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Vomit, War, and Self harm

Moderate: Classism, Vomit, and Cancer

Minor: Torture, Hate crime, Abortion, and Police brutality

ashdoesalot's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, War, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Medical trauma, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Self harm, Torture, Gun violence, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

oproy's review against another edition

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. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, War, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Alcohol, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gore, Body horror, Car accident, Medical content, Suicide, Blood, and Child death

haleybrieanna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative 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? Yes

4.75

I read this book so quickly, it was very hard to put down, very emotional, very informative, and very worth a read.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Addiction, Body horror, Classism, War, Blood, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Grief, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

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

---

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

khayes2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

3.25

I’m not a huge fan of  historical fiction to begin with, so I struggled getting into it, especially with some pretty gruesome war descriptions. And modern parallels to American-funded violence against Palestinian civilians. But the book shifts to the struggle veterans face upon coming back from war, which while still sad, was less gory and a bit faster for me to get through. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Infidelity, Violence, War, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Genocide, and Suicide

_erinsims's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Not usually a book I would choose to read, but I finished this book in 4 days—usually it takes me months to finish a book. It’s difficult but worth it. Stunning, gorgeous, beautiful. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Medical trauma, Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide, War, and Violence

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

---

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

kshertz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

Wow this book was incredible. Highlighting one woman’s journey through Vietnam as a nurse and coming back to the world where no one wants to acknowledge you. It was beautifully done and made me cry and gasp and giggle. It was such a good mix of history and fiction. Highly recommend 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Car accident, Body horror, Drug use, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

molsreads's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Drug use, Medical trauma, and War