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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

95 reviews

trapdorr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

The beginning was a touch slow/I didn’t live who Elsa was at first but the jump in the timeline and her growth through the book was great. I was captivated by the end. I learned a great deal and gained so much empathy for those who lived through the dust bowl and Great Depression. An incredible story and journey of these characters despite a not so happy ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism and Sexism

sannesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.25

I really enjoyed the writing. The story captivates you from the first chapter. This story mainly focusses on mother and daughter, and the story is told from both of their povs. Even though I liked the story, I am not a mother, I think this story would have hit harder for readers that are mothers. The book is divided in parts and I enjoyed the first half of the book best because I found that part the most emotional, and I was the most interested in the Dust Bowl. I love Rose and Tony.

The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl are events in history that I was not familiar with (I am not American). I found it a very interesting topic to learn more about. It was so terrible and I feel very much empathy for the people who lived during that time. 

This is really not a happy book so I recommend to pick this book up when you are in the right mindspace for a tragic story.

There were also things I didn't like. I did not like the repetetiveness. I understand that all the tragedies were repetetive. What I mean with that is that, for example, the dust storms were very frequent and they were often described too long and in the same way. I was kind of bored at the part about communism. Again, quite repetetively written. Did not enjoy the ending but the epilogue was kinda sweet. 

I also didn't like the way the mother died. It didn't really make sense. I think, the bullet should have been more fatal for here to actually die from it or she should have to recover. I also did not like the romance between Elsa and Jack. It seemed a bit forced and unnessecary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent

fancyjess_party's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ldavis519's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

Another heartbreaking and hopeful historical fiction work of art. I’m generally one of the first to say that I don’t like historical fiction, which is weird since I teach history. However, I have fallen in love with Kristin Hannah. Her storytelling, writing style, and the justice she does to the history of the timeframe. How she writes about is breathtaking. I ended this novel with tears rolling down my cheeks. Plus, I love how she puts women in very male dominated time frames.

As far as this story, I was devastated by the ending, literal tears rolling down my cheeks. However, I think it ended just how it needed to—especially thinking about doing the history justice.

I can’t wait to read another one of her novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Abandonment

jennswan's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death

meghan_w's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

My first ever Kristin Hannah novel did not disappoint! I rated 4.5 stars because it took a little longer to get into than I would’ve liked, but it’s worth reading! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sarahbeaman's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality and Death of parent

gpfot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

fabergegirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and the flow of the plot. This book taught me a lot about the dust bowl, and the circumstances in which people will uproot their lives for the sake of survival.  It’s also a very poignant lesson in grit, tenacity, and self preservation. Elsa and her children were written very well and I felt like I knew them. The relationship that Kristen Hanna builds between Elsa and her daughter was so relatable, and to see the growth within both characters made me invested in this story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence and Police brutality

meb1202's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic