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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

62 reviews

greeneyesandham's review

5.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Sigh. I had put this one off for a while thinking it would be slow and depressing- which it was. That said, I should never underestimate Hannah’s ability to captivate me and I ended up devouring this in two days.

I can’t speak for the historical accuracies, but that’s not why I pick up a Kristin Hannah novel. I read them to be immersed and to feel something. Areas which she has yet to fail me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol

lindsaywalsvick's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

clarklyn's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense 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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I loved this book! It was gut wrenching, inspiring, and left you feeling hopeful. I wanted to knock a star off

when the author killed Elsa instead of giving her a happy ending but I couldn’t do it,

I devoured this book and immediately went to pick up another Kristin Hannah book. For the reviews calling it boring….i truly don’t understand

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

bellebookstitch666's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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This was a challenging book to read but it was well worth it. I fell in love with the characters and cried multiple times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abandonment

bookishbee27's review

4.5

emotional inspiring 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: Yes

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Another woman-led epic saga from Kristin Hannah, tracing the trials and tribulations of a young woman from becoming pregnant whilst unmarried to adjusting to family life with her in-laws to journeying across the USA in search of work during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the 1920s and 30s. I loved the historical context of The Four Winds, and as ever Hannah has done a masterful job of weaving compelling fictional characters into real historical events. I really warmed to Elsa as a protagonist, particularly as someone not that remarkable who shows strength in her own way. I thought her character development - and that of her teen daughter and their relationship - was very engaging. My own criticism is that at timed the plot moves slowly and feels a little relentless in doom and misery which made parts of the book drag a little. I eventually paused The Four Winds for a while to go back to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Police brutality

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence

Minor: Racism

mhreads103's review

4.0

emotional informative reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Slavery

kimreadz's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional informative reflective 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Classism

caffeinated_librarycat's review

2.25

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was incredibly depressing. Unlike in other Hannah books where the main character has some sort of redemption ark and a couple chapters afterward, this story felt rushed towards the end. A big build up with no sort of reward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

annemariecunningham's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging 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

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This book was incredibly written and felt absolutely complete. I appreciated the character development that occurred for both Elsa and Lorena. I loved the full-circle ending. 

Hannah’s writing evokes ALL of the emotions and is perfectly descriptive without feeling overdone. I was drawn into Four Winds from the start and couldn’t put it down. 

One of the best historical fiction books I’ve read. HIGHLY recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

hes2375's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Abandonment