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Night Road by Kristin Hannah

9 reviews

charmiecm's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I just read a Coleen Hoover book with the exact same plot

young girl wracked with guilt over an ACCIDENT goes to jail not knowing she’s pregnant, has the baby, gives it up, gets out and decides maybe it was a mistake.

It’s starting to feel like a trope. And why is it always a girl? Just…unimpressive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Abandonment, Classism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Confinement, Child death, Car accident, and Addiction

yvo_about_books's review against another edition

4.5

 Finished reading: February 6th 2023

"In the sea of grief, there were islands of grace, moments in time when one could remember what was left rather than all that had been lost."

I've been meaning to read more of Kristin Hannah for so long, and I even own physical copies of more than one of her backlist titles to read. Somehow her books keep slipping between the cracks of my TBR mountain though... I'm still not sure why, because I loved my first two experiences with her work. When I was in the mood for a physical book, I decided to finally pick up my copy of Night Road. And boy, am I kicking myself for not reading this story sooner! It was such a well written and heartbreaking story, and it's made me want to pick up more of her books ASAP. Night Road is divided into two parts; the so-called before and after. The first half reads like a coming of age story about friendship, first love and social differences. The second half focuses on how one bad decision can change a lot of lives, grief and how to move on after the unthinkable. The story uses a multiple POV structure, and it was interesting to see the world through the eyes of the main characters. It's mainly about Lexi and Jude though. I found Lexi's POV to be particularly powerful, and especially in the second part. I do have mixed thoughts about Jude, and I started to become really irritated by certain aspects of her behavior (especially towards Lexi). This was the only thing that didn't work for me in this story though, and I did appreciate how the story showed that grief works differently for everyone. Night Road is such a heartbreaking story, and I can definitley recommend having some tissues and/or chocolate closeby just in case. I confess that I hardly ever cry when reading a story, but this turned out to be one of those exceptions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse

karyan1's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Alcohol

acornell's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Addiction, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

julienicole1106's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

kowwie's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was my second Kristin Hannah book and I think I enjoyed it more than the first (The Nightingale.) This book is set in the modern world, and some of Hannah's melodramatic character development kind of molds more to this. Or maybe this is only true in my perception.

Overall, I couldn't put this book down. I stayed up until 3am reading and then read all day. It's emotional, and offers some deep discussions about forgiveness between families, friends, and with ourselves.

It can be emotionally triggering to people who have lost someone in a car accident. I got a little choked up, but the author does a fairly good job at showing all of the levels of grief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

kirstensviews's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident and Death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

boba_n_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Holy. Cow. If you haven’t read this book, don’t walk but RUN to read it. Kristin Hannah is a masterful storyteller who evokes such emotion from all of her characters that they seem to jump off the page. I loved hearing the story told from all of the main female characters’ POVs.

When Mia died, I felt so deeply for all of the characters and how they experienced her death in different ways. I can’t imagine having to pull the plug on your own child and wonder what if. The scene where they harvest her organs was probably one that gutted me the most.

Without giving too much away, the characters all cope with a major loss, and they find different ways to do so - some healthy, some not so much. They each have to find their way back to themselves and the love they once cherished. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Car accident, Confinement, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

I came to hate Jude in the middle of the book, but she really redeemed herself at the end. Grief impacts all of us in different ways, and I think I need to remember that I have no idea how I’d handle losing your twin daughter and not to judge her .. even if she is just a fictional character.

magzreadz's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Simultaneously so good and so sad. I loathed the mother, Jude, and perhaps it's because I'm not a mother, but her storyline just continuously made me angry. I wished there was more focusing on Lexi, even though her decisions made me want to scream. Kristin Hannah made me feel a whole range of emotions in less than 400 pages, as per usual.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness