36.7k reviews for:

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.52 AVERAGE

lisaloklingholm's review

4.0

medium-paced

asmokeybear's review

4.75

challenging emotional 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

charspigener's review

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad 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

bookstamg's review against another edition

5.0

emotional lighthearted 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: No

brittjoyful's review

4.25

dark emotional 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: Yes

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Great book but it does get mentally depressing after a while. It’s a great insight into what the women of The Vietnam War went through .

bridgetkarp2025's review

4.0

challenging emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical trauma, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury

mcorb's review

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

mariuhannah25's review

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shannonkathryn7's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I found this book to be devastating and inspiring at the same time. I seriously could not put it down. It made me angry how her father didn’t acknowledge her time in the war. I found Rye to be selfish and using of Frankie. I will say definitely one of the top books I’ve ever read. 

jessicaaaa9625's review

3.5

emotional hopeful sad 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