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randeerebecca's review
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Grief, and Child death
elizabethwb's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Alcohol, Classism, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death
Moderate: Drug abuse and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Emotional abuse and Adult/minor relationship
brin3543's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
4.25
Another Kristin Hannah novel that moved me to tears and had my heart aching for the characters. The ending felt extremely rushed but still overall enjoyed this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Grief
Moderate: Death
natbaggett's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Grief, and Child death
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Abandonment
erica_reads_things's review
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-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
This was not my favorite Kristin Hannah book that I've read, but it was a solid "pretty okay". I really loved the story of the 3 friends far more than I enjoyed the added narrative of the mom. I really did not like or empathize with her character until the last 30 pages. The way she was set up in the first half of the book just did not bode well for me to relate or make her choices after tragedy make sense. The end was also wrapped up incredibly quickly for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Child death, Alcohol, and Death
Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Bullying, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
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.
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
hanmitche11's review
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
I truly can’t decided if this is a 3 or 4 star read for me. I’m going to leave it at 3 bc I don’t think I’d recommend it when Hannah has other novels I love. I was entertaining by part one. It’s an easy read with many complicated relationships. Part two was really underwhelming and overly descriptive. It was straight forward and could have ended 80 pages shorter. Overall I enjoyed it bc I loved the kids.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Car accident, and Death
emmasbookishself's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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? Yes
5.0
Gripping. Hopeful. Healing.
This was yet another incredible book by Kristin Hannah.
Centred around grief, healing, love and family this book is on the heavier side and will start you off will a full happy heart, evoke emotion from you, break your heart and mend it back together.
Lexie is a character you won’t forget; she’s strong, she’s smart, she thinks of others first, always. Lexie exudes responsibility, maturity and knowing right and wrong when facing her fate in the aftermath of a deadly car crash.
Lexie knows that no amount of time served will ever make up for the choice she made on Night Road, and she will forever have to remember her role in it. She not only lost her best friend, but her love and her second family and more. Lexie doesn’t intend to stay and cause the Farraways anymore turmoil or grief, but then she sees her daughter who happens to remind Lexie or a younger version of herself… lost, friendless and sad. That moment changes everything, but it’ll be up to the Farraways if Lexie will ever be able to see her daughter.
Kristin Hannah does an amazing job of transporting you right into the story as this book unfolds. The writing is beautiful and gripping, the storyline will pull at your heart strings.
TW: death, death of a child, car crash, drunk driving
This was yet another incredible book by Kristin Hannah.
Centred around grief, healing, love and family this book is on the heavier side and will start you off will a full happy heart, evoke emotion from you, break your heart and mend it back together.
Lexie is a character you won’t forget; she’s strong, she’s smart, she thinks of others first, always. Lexie exudes responsibility, maturity and knowing right and wrong when facing her fate in the aftermath of a deadly car crash.
Lexie knows that no amount of time served will ever make up for the choice she made on Night Road, and she will forever have to remember her role in it. She not only lost her best friend, but her love and her second family and more. Lexie doesn’t intend to stay and cause the Farraways anymore turmoil or grief, but then she sees her daughter who happens to remind Lexie or a younger version of herself… lost, friendless and sad. That moment changes everything, but it’ll be up to the Farraways if Lexie will ever be able to see her daughter.
Kristin Hannah does an amazing job of transporting you right into the story as this book unfolds. The writing is beautiful and gripping, the storyline will pull at your heart strings.
TW: death, death of a child, car crash, drunk driving
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Grief, Addiction, and Death
happyreads's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma
Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Medical content
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse