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4.51 AVERAGE
4.51 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
i'm still boycotting st martin's press and will only support bipoc and queer authors financially.
THIS is 2024's bestseller? THIS SHIT??? y'all bought this anti-palestine publisher's yellow fever fantasy with 1.45million units sold?? if you have yellow fever, just buy our books omg at least pay us for your weirdness. it's not hard to find if you look past the barnes & noble promotional tables, goddamn.
not colonizer karen thinking she can scarjo her way into the vietnamese space. can white people stop thinking they can write our stories and twisting bipoc narratives specifically made by and for us into corporate white feminist bullshit to feed white people with yellow fever? stop pissing me off.
THIS is 2024's bestseller? THIS SHIT??? y'all bought this anti-palestine publisher's yellow fever fantasy with 1.45million units sold?? if you have yellow fever, just buy our books omg at least pay us for your weirdness. it's not hard to find if you look past the barnes & noble promotional tables, goddamn.
not colonizer karen thinking she can scarjo her way into the vietnamese space. can white people stop thinking they can write our stories and twisting bipoc narratives specifically made by and for us into corporate white feminist bullshit to feed white people with yellow fever? stop pissing me off.
Wow ! Just wow ! I literally have no words that can describe how amazing this book is — I plowed through it in one day ! — a stellar job with the narration of the audiobook by Julia Whalen always able to bring the nuances and characters to life . The writing is stellar- Kristen Hannah’s works get better and better with every book she writes. I was so enraptured with Frances “Frankie” MaGrath a nurse during the Vietnam wars -story from beginning to end of her time in Vietnam and after — her experiences , her struggles , her triumphs and her emotions you felt them right along with her — the pain, anger, fear etc — I will need days to digest and recover from reading this book . So many important topics being discussed as well — from women’s recognition to PTSD for war vets . I passionately loved this story and its narration ! Don’t miss out on this absolutely mind blowing novel.
Thank you to Netgalley and MacMillan Audio for this ARC- I am privileged to read/ listened to this book. This is my honest review.
Thank you to Netgalley and MacMillan Audio for this ARC- I am privileged to read/ listened to this book. This is my honest review.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
tense
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
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
informative
tense
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
I started The Women thinking that a Kristin Hannah read would be an interesting historical fiction story with some romance sprinkled in. What I didn't bargain for was a book explaining exactly why PTSD and suicide were so common for Vietnam vets or what it would be like for a young woman to serve her country as a field nurse only to be disrespected by civilians and unacknowledged as a veteran by the military when she got home.
In a lot of ways I saw myself in Frankie - her struggles with her parents, her experiences making her own way in a male-dominated environment - which made the second half of the book so much more intense for me. It was so easy to see why she fell so far, given the context of her situation, that I found myself taking her side when she was obviously making the wrong decisions. It takes a really fantastic author to give the reader the full experience of being in someone else's shoes and learning to empathize with real people who been through similar experiences.
Before reading this I had never heard about the effects of Agent Orange on women's reproductive systems. Maybe the most heartbreaking part of the whole book is that Frankie, who has always dreamed of being a wife and mother, loses the chance to be a wife because both men she falls in love with in her twenties end up being shitbag cheaters, and loses the chance to be a mother because of her exposure to Agent Orange during her service to her country. All that and then not even being recognized as a veteran? No wonder my girl was on pills.
In a lot of ways I saw myself in Frankie - her struggles with her parents, her experiences making her own way in a male-dominated environment - which made the second half of the book so much more intense for me. It was so easy to see why she fell so far, given the context of her situation, that I found myself taking her side when she was obviously making the wrong decisions. It takes a really fantastic author to give the reader the full experience of being in someone else's shoes and learning to empathize with real people who been through similar experiences.
Before reading this I had never heard about the effects of Agent Orange on women's reproductive systems. Maybe the most heartbreaking part of the whole book is that Frankie, who has always dreamed of being a wife and mother, loses the chance to be a wife because both men she falls in love with in her twenties end up being shitbag cheaters, and loses the chance to be a mother because of her exposure to Agent Orange during her service to her country. All that and then not even being recognized as a veteran? No wonder my girl was on pills.