Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Os Quatro Ventos by Kristin Hannah

98 reviews

kcbatts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Blood and Medical content

marybsimp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Classism, Death, Racism, Grief, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Slavery

iordanmoore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child death, and Body shaming

Minor: Alcoholism and Infidelity

ramblereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The first act was very slow, almost dragging. Eventually the pacing feels better. I loved the development of the mother-daughter relationship as promised by the blurb. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Death and Death of parent

velsbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

This book you guys! I never cried that much reading. I loved every moment of this book. 
When I started the book I was not sure what the whole story would be about. Following Elsa on her journey trying to save the land her children grew up on and also her family itself I was crossing my fingers page for page that soon rain would come and save their beloved home. 
The characters are beautifully written, which makes them relatable even though I got angry at their decisions sometimes. When Elsa decided she has to go west with the kids my heart was heavy and I just hoped things would finally get better. The time in the camp was hard to read about because I just felt for those people. It was also heartwarming on the other hand, especially all the moments Elsa was spending with Jean. She seems like a wonderful person and I'm glad Elsa found such a strong and supportive friend during those hard times. 
Loreda, Elsa's daughter, became a strong woman with an iron will. I loved seeing her grow. Especially the relationship with her mother. The work she does in the end together with her Mom and a family friend called Jack was so captivating I couldn't put my book down. 
The end also completely destroyed me. I cried ugly tears but also tears of happiness and I'm so glad I picked this one up.

If you're looking for a story with a strong female lead, pick this one up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death

maddiet425's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

circe813's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Slavery

ciwanski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This really is a 5 star book with its excellent excellent writing, but it was just a tad too sad and slow for my personal preference. But again, so so good. 

I didn’t think, when I started reading/listening to the book, that I’d fall in love with the characters as much as I did but hoo boy I was sobbing for the last hour of listening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Child death, and Police brutality

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexual content, Medical content, Blood, Child death, and Police brutality

hyac1nthgirl's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad 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

3.5

i really enjoyed reading this book, especially since this a time period that i hardly read about in literature & fiction. i enjoyed elsa & loreda's growth throughout the book & the way their growth was portrayed through their relationship. 
unfortunately, there are things about this book that i can't ignore. the first being that i don't understand the need for elsa to be ugly??? & then later on she's pretty??? secondly, though the writing was easy to read, i found the style slightly immature. lastly, i find this story unbearably white. i understand that hannah was writing a specific experience, but there was an air of "omg I can't believe this is happening in AMERICA to AMERICAN CITIZENS" when the U.S. has been a capitalist machine for its entire existence. a machine that keeps poor people poor & hits people of color even harder. so though i found the book interesting, my feelings around it are a little more complicated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Death of parent, Child death, Classism, and Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage