Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

24 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

readbycarina's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Classism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Police brutality

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

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

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Move over, Grapes of Wrath. I got through this entire book without realizing it's by the author of "The Nightingale," but I'm not surprised-- similar depth of characters and bringing to life historical settings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Terminal illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Medical content, Violence, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Sexual content, Child death, and Death

Minor: Vomit

The audiobook version includes a really lovely short interview with the author and the narrator, that sheds interesting light on the process of writing the book and creating the characters, as well as the process of bringing the story to life via the audiobook narration.

machenn's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, and Violence

elyssajoh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Police brutality, Classism, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content

filipa_maia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

WHAT A BOOK! Definitely not a book that I would choose myself... it was a 'book of the month' in a book box, that's why I bought it. Historical fiction is not a genre I gravitate towards... but I'm so happy I did! This was my first book by Kristin Hannah, and for what I've heard, every single book of hers is amazing.

This book broke my heart so many times and in so many ways: the tragedies that Elsa keeps encountering in her life are endless. How can someone be so resilient? I love the way Elsa is described, always so fragile, someone from whom people don't expect much in life... but I loved her since the day she bought that piece of red fabric. So many times, throughout the entire book, I feared so much for that family's survival... I was always on the edge. I understood how much I was "living" this story when that hairdresser gave Elsa and the kids some clothes... I felt that act of kindness as if it happened to me.

I can't stress enough how much I love Elsa's character. A woman who was put down and beaten up by life (and everyone around her) but somehow pulled trough. I don't feel like she was happy for one moment her entire life, but that never stopped her. She raise her kids and gave them the most important thing - love - and with that a future. This is what a truly strong female character looks like!

I can't wait to read another Kristin Hannah's book!

P.S.: Historical fiction is not very easy to read. If you're not interested in history, this might not be your kind of book. But I love to discover more about other countries' past. The way Kristin Hannah ends the book is brilliant: reminding us that we've faced bad things in the past and this will too pass, but we should never forget the old saying "When we forget the past we are doomed to repeat it". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, and Blood

wellreadjill_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Violence

laurenleigh's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Now that I’ve finally finished this, I’ve read the last three publications by Kristin Hannah. I was moved by TheNightingale, but these last two didn’t do it for me. If I had to sum them all up, it would be easy: “The hits just keep on coming.” Le sigh. This was not an enjoyable read. It was just one tragedy after another, which left me feeling tired, overwhelmed, and sadly, desensitized. By the time I reached the denouement, I had little energy left to really care all that much about what happened to these characters. There were certainly elements in this novel that I found enlightening, moments that left me feeling very grateful for all that I have and often take for granted. And I suppose I found the exploration of mother/daughter  relationships interesting. But that’s pretty much all I got out of this. I’m not at all bummed it’s over. Maybe I’ve just been reading too many tough topics lately!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Gun violence and Blood