Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

18 reviews

iordanmoore's review

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

carol_c26's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

I forgot about the struggles that people faced during these times tbh. would've liked to see more representation as communities of color faced even more layers of discrimination but did love the anti capitalism pro union sentiment 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Sexism, and Animal death

ridgewife's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Wow! This book rocked my soul and will stay with me forever. The human spirit is so resilient!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Alcohol, Death of parent, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Violence, Miscarriage, and Grief

dice_reads's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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

5.0

Inspiring story depicting the intricacies of mother daughter relationships, and the unique position of women being underestimated and overlooked through the hardships of the Great Depression and the dust bowl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Colonisation, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Bullying, Child death, Racism, Sexism, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Alcoholism, and Animal death

tormerritt's review

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

I really thought I was going to enjoy this one as I loved The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. I'm unsure where to start as I am terrible at writing reviews, but this book felt bland. 
The characters felt cliché or stereotypical. The events in the beginning of the book felt believable, but it gradually became unrealistic. It was difficult for me to push through because it is definitely a slow-paced read and the entire middle of the book felt repetitive and redundant. It had a predictable ending as well. Overall, I was expecting far more from this one, but was rather disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

marlenealina's review

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

gm_vak's review

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

hungryandhappy's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

*Netgalley arc*

Brutal, raw, emotional and hopeful. I don't think I can put into words all the feelings this book put me through. I was so lost just like Elsa, and infuriated, just like Loreda! I wanted to scream so loudly.

Elsa comes from a family that didn't give her love because, in their opinion, she was ugly so not worthy. She takes the love or what looks like it, from the first boy that's willing to give it to her and who sees her more than her parents do. This leads to Elsa marrying into a immigrant italian family of farmers in Texas.

It stops raining and things start looking horribly for the family and Elsa is left by her husband and she has to make a hard decision when the awful sandstorms and just too hot weather risk taking one of her kids away.

Elsa, her daughter Loreda and Ant, the little son, embark on a journey to look for a better life. What they find isn't better; they get treated worse than animals, underpaid, exploited, denied basic human rights, and more.

What touches you about the story is not only the events, that still happen too often, but the courage of this woman, left alone, who will do anything to give her kids a better life and future. The strength of these two women, mother and daughter, will make you cheer for them and will take you to an emotional journey like not many others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Murder, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Death, and Child death