Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Kobiety by Kristin Hannah

1008 reviews

sammi_antha's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt

wizardbaby's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

jg736388's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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: Yes

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This is a phenomenal story about the women who served in Vietnam. I absolutely loved this book. It's a heavy read, but worth it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Suicide attempt

mariahlucas's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail

glotabor's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

gabbie1bb's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Yes

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The author has a way of encouraging you to understand things like imposter syndrome, war, PTSD, and reintegration in a new emotional sphere. There was not a moment reading this book that I was not feeling something. This is the type of book that I want to have a discussion about at a book club.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Suicide attempt, War

bgerstik's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a tough book. It’s difficult to read and difficult to set down. It’s full of pain and loss and love. 

But it’s only getting a 3.5 from me. It’s beautiful. But also, I’ve come to expect tragedy from Kristin Hannah. It feels intentional. Like some scenes were created just for the sake of making the reader feel pain. It starts to feel formulaic. I felt like the romance parts felt obvious, like I could predict what would happen. 

It’s a beautiful book. I cried. I learned a ton about the Vietnam war and that whole era. I do recommend it. But have a box of tissues handy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail

jzipperer's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

katereadsthat's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Overall, I found this book enjoyable. It tackles the US response to the Vietnam War, the men and women involved, and their response to life when coming home. Mental health and substance abuse struggles. There is some soap opera melodrama in the middle, but overall it was a good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Alcohol, War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Miscarriage, Grief, Suicide attempt

kedunbar05's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

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This was my first Kristin Hannah book, and I feel like maybe one of my first historical fiction books. I absolutely loved it! The book made me feel every emotion under the sun. I want to read more nonfiction books now about the nurses in Vietnam during the war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail