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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

113 reviews

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

jennazim's review

challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, Police brutality, and Death of parent

jillianlottie26's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

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

booksnart2023'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, Police brutality, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

beckyhofman's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation

natreadthat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Elsa makes the tough decision to leave everything—the family farm, her in-laws, life as she knows it—and do what’s best for her children during the throes of the Great Depression: head west to California. There, she hopes to find work and settle down in the land of milk and honey. It’s only when they arrive that reality sets in. They’re seen as filthy migrants only good for working in the fields for next-to-nothing pay, left constantly trying to claw their way out of poverty. 

 

It did not go unnoticed how easy it is to see the parallels of Elsa’s story and the events from ~90 years ago and what is still happening today. Environmental disasters, years of economic hardship, and flailing political solutions aren’t just a thing of the past. This book does a great job of reminding you that sometimes even hard work isn’t enough when you’re stuck in a disastrous cycle. 

 

I can’t say I enjoyed The Four Winds. It was a sad, harrowing look into how the land turned against those who called the Great Plains home and left them desperately choosing between abandoning everything or risking death by dust pneumonia. It did, however, vividly tell the story of hardship, bravery, and comradely of everyday people who are forced to be resilient in times of desperation. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Sexual content, and Police brutality

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