Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

242 reviews

steviesnow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cancer, and Medical trauma

tleger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder

haleyshort's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.25

I found this listening experience to be truly distressing. The narrator was amazing but the brutality and relentlessness of the story made it genuinely unpleasant to consume. It put me in a bad mood! I checked to see how many hours were left 4 or 5 times. So I absolutely do not recommend this book for all of those reasons. But it is well written and the characters are compelling. Maybe I’m just not built for consuming this kind of violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual violence, and Animal death

ashesanne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, and Murder

pinkiejecca's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lisagernand's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

whatchapterareyouon's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This is my second Kristin Hannah book and it was excellent. It is a character driven book following a family of three moving to Alaska in the 70s, following the Vietnam War. 

Covers themes of domestic abuse, love, loyalty, community etc. She has a beautiful writing style that really allows you to picture and feel what she is writing. 

The reason it’s not a 5⭐️ is that it starts slowwww. I almost DNF’d but without realising I had become attached to the main character and invested in her future. (Testament to her writing style!) The middle and end really picks up pace and the writing follows suit. It’s riveting as I just wanted to know what happened next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

knapier5's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

gellysam's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense

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

5.0

This book was absolutely amazing pulled at all the heart strings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, War, Physical abuse, Cancer, Violence, Child abuse, Death, and Alcoholism

chandlerkl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Violence, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Physical abuse