Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

25 reviews

shelles_shelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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

 A surprise to no one, Kristin Hannah delivers brilliantly. Retelling the quiet story of silenced women in history so loudly is the kind of solidarity that screams "womanhood". This tale was poignant, gut-wrenching, maddening, inspirational, ugly, and beautiful. Even when some parts of the story make you feel so empty, this story is whole.

I haven't touched historical fiction in a long time, admittedly, because my reading focus has been escapism. Life can be so hard as it is. And man did this one put me on my ass. A book hasn't made me cry like this in, well, maybe ever. I can't decide if I have fallen even more in love with Kristin, or if I want to fight her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, War, Alcoholism, Child death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

woodventures's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Blood, Murder, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Vomit, Violence, War, and Pregnancy

shancarroll18's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Gore, Addiction, Death, War, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Violence

craftyllama's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, and War

hanmitche11's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Blood, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Death, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

bluejane73's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

1.75

The first part of this book was somewhat compelling. The viewpoint of a combat nurse in Vietnam was interesting to me as I haven’t read anything on this topic before. After her return from the war, I lost interest. The book is very repetitive, the characters are flat, and the “plot twists “or surprises in the book were very predictable.
 
I did not finish the Four Winds, and was pretty disappointed with this book too. Will be my last venture into this authors work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Blood, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Child death, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Violence, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

jspelman14's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

4.5

It never occurred to me that women would be erased from the Vietnam War because my mother was a nurse there. She was the head of her MASH unit and collected a pension for her service until she died. I guess the difference for her was that she served in the South Korean army. So this book evoked in me pride for her service, questions about her, sadness that we never really talked about, and sadness and shock over how the US nurses were treated (who did they think were doing all the nursing duties at a time when male nurses were so rare?????). A full circle story. A couple of loose ends tied too nearly for me but otherwise, an excellent telling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Miscarriage, Cancer, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Self harm, War, Colonisation, Death, Body shaming, Addiction, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Forced institutionalization

someryarns's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Gore, Addiction, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Drug use, Grief, Child death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Misogyny, Suicide, and Car accident

saliwali's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Addiction, Mental illness, Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Misogyny, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Sexual harassment