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The Women by Kristin Hannah

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mansonmichelle12's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

4.0

nursetess's review against another edition

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medium-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

5.0

gr8reader's review against another edition

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

5.0

Kristin Hannah has done it again!! This book was FABULOUS!! As someone who grew up in the 60'sand 70's who was on the young side when the Vietnam war was going on, in osme ways, this book was a "refresher course" but with more depth regarding The Women who served (which I'm sure I wasn't aware of back then). Having my father die (1970) during a time when women did not have checking accounts or credit cards in their names, I was well aware of some of how women were treated during this time period. I found this book intense, sad, uplifting, funny, suspensful and even shocking at times (I had to remind myself to close my mouth whenever something took me off guard). Even when I suspected soemthing was going to happen, I was still surprised when it did - sometimes because of the the timing of when it happened and sometimes that it did. In addition, every song that was mentioned instantly took me back to that time in my life. Highly recommend!

kparish's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.5

svanosdol's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

thebees_elbows's review against another edition

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5.0

I am so glad that this book was my introduction to historical fiction. Kristin Hannah has SUCH a gift when it comes to storytelling. She turned such a hard, dangerous time into a beautiful story and truly showed how important friendship is when times get tough. I wasn’t expecting to cry during this book, but she had me crying the whole time! And the ending?! Ugh, so so beautiful!