Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

94 reviews

ebrowne's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism

purplemichelle's review

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Alcohol

sallyslingshot's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence

kayarosee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Wow what a book to start the year off. I could not stop listening to it and I usually one listen to audio books at work. I think this stems from one of my favorite novels being the Grapes of Wrath. Being someone who was raised in California, by a dad who is very active in unions, and a mother so eerily similar to Elsa this really hit home for me and I was in tears. Such an amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

bubblebot's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

a very insightful book into the hardship that some people faced during the american great depression.
the book will affect how i view some things in the future. it has caused change in me and that is the biggest compliment i can give a book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jphillips2's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

weasley1912's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

Once again KH hits with incredible story telling with a powerful and emotional back drop. I have given her other books all 5☆ but I think I have to bump this down a little . I was both invested in the story and found myself avoiding it because it was such a downer. The ending was very powerful and I even cried a little. Very moving. Very stressful that it feels like we are heading back to this . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

campbellemily's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

It’s a book set in the Great Depression, following a family from the Dust Bowl in the Texas panhandle to the shanty towns in California. A terrible time is had by all, but it’s an excellent read with threads of hope throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Sexism, Slavery, Vomit, and Deportation

imchelsi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

While this takes place in the 1930s, it is a timely read for the year 2024. This deals with issues such as the exploitation of vulnerable people under capitalism, the importance of unionizing/advocating for employees, the deportation and mistreatment of immigrants/migrants, as well as discrimination towards people of different races and classes. 

Kristin Hannah tends to write books that take place over several years and are a snapshot of people living their lives.  I thoroughly enjoyed following the story throughout the years and loved seeing how the two main characters grew. The setting was very well researched and had me super invested. I even found myself learning a lot about the time period.

Ultimately, a very touching story highlighting issues that are still very important today! Highly suggest keeping tissues on hand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

trifi's review

most people seemed to really enjoy it so the problem isnt with the book ig. it's just not my type of book 🙁

Update: so I got bored and stuck in a place where I had nothing else to do and no wifi, and this was the only book on my phone. I ended up finishing it and it was actually better written than it seemed from the first couple of chapters? not sure how I feel about this tho, I don't  think I like it very much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death