Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

109 reviews

your_geekygf's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

The only reason it doesn't get a 5 is the main character is a nurse and some of the medical descriptions/narratives recalled kind of went over my head because I am not a nurse and am squeamish 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, War, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, Addiction, Death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Infertility, Cancer, Drug use, Car accident, Child death, and Torture

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

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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

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

christinedavid17's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, War, Alcohol, Miscarriage, and Death

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. 

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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

hjnorris89's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

4.25/5 overall, 0.5/5 spice.  This is a heavy one..good grief!;  gut wrenching sad at times. Honestly, it kind of gave me a bit of self reflection to remember that my life isn't very hard...   

I'll remember this one simply because the book based around Vietnam War and its after effects just goes on from one traumatizing event to the next... all the grief is emotionally challenging.

There were characters I loved (primaripy the women crew), and characters I wanted to love but in the end wound up with heartbreak one way or another.  

The end of this book left things on a hopeful note, thankfully - im thankful her parents came around finally....though in some respects the whole ending seemed almost too good to be true after all she had been through... maybe that's just my way of seeing it??? Lol

As a girl who is all in for fairy tale endings, I hope Francis truly gets her happily ever after (if that's even possible) story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, Death, Blood, Self harm, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

johnsone08811's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am at a loss for words. This book was absolutely amazing. It beautifully described Frankie’s journey through the Vietnam war. It described the horrors she endured both in Vietnam and back at home. One of the best books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, War, and Child death

jessicastorer's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Miscarriage, and Addiction

clevelandbookgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Self harm, Miscarriage, Medical content, Gaslighting, Child death, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Infertility, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Gore

Moderate: Torture, Sexism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Racism, and Drug abuse

lynds_13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, War, Violence, Addiction, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse and Miscarriage