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Kobiety by Kristin Hannah

1023 reviews

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging emotional informative inspiring sad fast-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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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Overall, this was a pretty good book. I know that opening line might seem strange alongside my star review, but it’s true; this book tells a compelling story and has many characters who are easy to fall in love with. But, it also has many issues, namely, that the author spends a great deal of time telling instead of showing. There were many parts that I thought would have been interesting to add into the story, but which were merely described in narration. It made it hard to feel that the character was changing, I was always just told that she was. I also take a lot of issue with the politics in this book, specifically the way that it handles the complex legacy of the Vietnam war. While I can appreciate telling a story from a certain perspective, I find that it has less impact when that perspective is the dominant one in western society. The author spends a great deal of time detailing the harm that the Viet Cong does to American soldiers, (which I want to make clear I DO NOT deny happened), but does not offer the same for injustices inflicted on Vietnamese civilians by American Soldiers. She only ever discusses the massacres in her narration, and for me that lessened the impact of them. Showing the wounds of the American soldiers makes them feel much more real than simply describing how Vietnamese civilians were harmed. I think that having these events be more of a forefront of the book would have been a good opportunity to add to the story, and allow for growth in Frankie. 

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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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adventurous emotional 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

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I sobbed through much of this book, but it was so good. Many heartbreaks but also beautifully written. I was really rooting for Frankie through it all. 

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challenging emotional 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

Frankie’s father & Rye annoyed me so much. Frankie deserved better. My glad in the end she was able to help other women who were going through the same thing she went through. 

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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: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Whew. What a read. Definitely a heavy story but also inspiring. The descriptions were so vivid I was fully immersed in the scenes. Enjoyable in an emotional way. 

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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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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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