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Kobiety by Kristin Hannah

1027 reviews

wonderwoman11's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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

Holy shit. I don’t know what more to say than that really. This book took me through every single possible emotion, and broke my heart multiple times, to patch it back up in the end. I was frustrated for a while that Frankie just couldn’t catch a break, like Ms. Girl was going through it, but I totally understand the intent behind that aspect of the story after finishing it. My one criticism is that the writing feels patchy at times, but I also think it’s intentional given the context and reliability of the narrator. Must read, amazing way to wrap up my reading for the year. This book deserves all the awards.

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catanderlyn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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: Complicated

One of the best books I’ve ever read. A story rooted in truth that tugs at your heart in rough way. I’m still processing but this book and this story and these characters - just wow.

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kasch9's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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soinap's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative 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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hipearson's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

I am not usually a historical fiction lover but wow this was a great book.

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rebcamuse's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

This is a really important book that takes as its context the approximately 10,000 women who were in Vietnam during the war as nurses, doctors, air traffic controllers, etc, and focuses it on the life of one Frankie McGrath. Motivated by her brother's service in the Navy, a twenty-year-old Frankie (almost 21!) finds herself at an Army recruitment office, eager to put her nursing skills to use as part of the war effort. She longs to be on her father's "Wall of Heroes" and after a short and successful stint in boot camp, bounds off to serve as a nurse in Vietnam.

The book is as much about what happens upon her return home as it is what happens over there, but Hannah manages to create characters and relationships that are so vibrant and recognizable in their messy truths. Hannah definitely honors these women who were so crucial to helping the injured, and while the narrative does get a bit preachy at times, there are plenty of raw and unadulterated ugly-cry moments. I have not yet read The Nightingale, but I was reminded of Hannah's The Four Winds in how multi-dimensional and real the women characters are. The lack of conflict between Frankie and her two best friends didn't always ring true for me, and I found myself slightly annoyed at Frankie's naivete, but that's a lot of privilege on my part.

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