Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Kobiety by Kristin Hannah

1025 reviews

jennabarry3's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol

snovella's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, War

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide attempt

Minor: Torture

jessajoc's review against another edition

4.25

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War

wellreadsyd's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring 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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The Women is an absolutely stunning novel that took me on a wild, emotional ride. While it’s fiction, the story feels so real and offers an eye-opening account of the Vietnam War from a perspective I’ve never seen before. The characters are deeply human, and the way Hannah captures the struggles, strength, and resilience of women in a time of unimaginable chaos is nothing short of masterful.

This is more than a novel—it’s an experience that will stay with me for a long time. FIVE STARS, and I’d give more if I could. If you’re looking for a book that will captivate your heart and broaden your mind, this is it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol

emilymaylundquist's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional informative 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

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Wellp, this fucking wrecked me.

In classic Kristin Hannah fashion, I was left sobbing for the last 20 pages of the book. A devastating, raw, horrific, yet beautiful representation of post-war life, especially for women. A beautiful testament to friendship as well. My God this woman can tell a story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War

murphy87's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well I sobbed my way through about 90% of this book. It is everything a historical fiction book should be,  emotional, reflective and informative enough for you to want to read more about the topic. First book I have read from this author but I doubt it will be my last.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail

madisonmunn's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, War

jessicaebler's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail

kchuning's review against another edition

4.25

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, War

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt

karlin0336's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Didn't like this one quite as much as The Great Alone, but it was still good.  I know a few veterans who served in Vietnam, and it really made me think about their experiences and how hard it would've been for them when they first came back.  It was really sad reading about how women weren't often recognized for their services in Vietnam. (In fact, people flat out denied they were even there!)

I liked reading about Frankie's war experiences and was sad to find that she was back home just before the halfway point of the book.  I wouldn't want the rest of the book shorter, I just wish the book had been longer and included more about her wartime experiences.
Also, Frankie's PTSD after the war was written so well.  It was hard sometimes to read about how much she struggled going back to her old way of life after all she'd been through.  I felt really bad for her and wish she could've had an easier time getting help.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Abortion

Frankie's romantic life bothered me a bit. She'd love someone, and then he'd get killed, then she'd almost immediately fall in love with another guy, and then he'd die, and the cycle repeated! It always happened so fast, and there never seemed to be any depth to her relationships. And then, to top it all off, she found someone after the war who really loved and cared for her, and then she threw it all away to be with a guy she loved who didn't truly love her, who was already married, and who had flat out lied to her about it (and who then continued in his lies throughout the entirety of their affair)! I am glad she eventually did find true love.