Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

116 reviews

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence

funkaroo12's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Death, and Sexual content

beankels's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

I don’t fully know how I feel about The Four Winds. I have loved Kristin Hannah books and I absolutely love a book centered on women and their resilience. I knew this book would be full of tragedy and dark times. I can’t tell how I feel about it all. 

I didn’t love the first 20% of the book and got more and more into it as time went on. I love the labor movement in the last third of the book - really adds to the historical fiction aspect. I’m still not fully decided on how I feel about the book as a whole, but I am glad I read it and feel a respect for women - as I always do after reading Kristin Hannah books. You go, Elsa. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Classism, Police brutality, and Gun violence

bookswithnichol's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

This has to be the most depressing book I’ve ever read..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Death of parent, Sexism, Bullying, and Death

mcnoble's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Outstanding. A story of adversity during the 1930s during the Dust Bowl that revolves around a character who finds her voice and proves over and over again that she is braver than she believed she ever could be. I started this book on a whim while waiting for other audiobooks to be available from my library and what a gift to have stumbled across this book. I loved historical fictions as a child and to no surprise, I still love them. This book is heart-wrenching yet inspiring. Kristin Hannah paints portraits with her words that describe life during the dust bowl, bringing settings from history books alive and full of emotion. Once I started this book, I could not stop and am looking forward to reading my next Kristin Hannah novel, with the hopes that it invokes the same feelings I had while enjoying this book. Easily one of the top books I have savored as an adult. It relit the excitement for reading with the same feeling as being a child and staying up late to read just one more chapter, again, and again, and again. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, and Police brutality

jennaviolet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Miscarriage, and Classism

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Violence, Grief, Excrement, Animal death, Medical content, and Gun violence

chloewakham's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is a beautiful tale of a family growing together in the most difficult of circumstances. Elsa's resilience in the face of everything she encounters makes for a moving story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Child death

themdash's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Sexism, Death, Animal death, Police brutality, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry

slahlum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Classism, Violence, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

sophia_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Violence, Xenophobia, and Death