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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
“A warrior believes in an end she can’t see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to me.”
5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This book was unforgettable!
These characters were incredible and I felt everything for them- so many different things as this book took me on this unforgettable journey through their lives during an era in history that was filled with so many hardships. Elsa, Lorada, Ant, Rose & Tony felt like family, I worried about them, hoped and wished for them, i rooted for them, I cried for them...I loved them.
Kristin Hannah is my favorite author and her books have a way of just consuming your world lost in the elegance of her words and writing. This book was no different from all the others. I was lost in this exquisite story and i didn’t want it to end. I found myself trying to slow down my reading, staying on each page a little longer, really taking in the difficult time in history so I could feel it all, I traveled the journey with them and didn’t want to say goodbye.
All the feels with this beautiful story.. I related to so much and found different parts of myself in the characters. Emotional and captivating. So many moments of profound beauty and moments where I found myself awestruck at all the human heart can bear and still continue beating - an all too familiar feeling, because I’ve been there, broken yet strong all at the same time, a warrior with a beating heart.
In typical post reading a Kristin Hannah book fashion, Im currently suffering from a severe book hangover and no other book will do right now. I find myself thinking of the characters and the choices they made and all the feels come right back. A top favorite read forever, I can’t recommend this book enough!!
5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This book was unforgettable!
These characters were incredible and I felt everything for them- so many different things as this book took me on this unforgettable journey through their lives during an era in history that was filled with so many hardships. Elsa, Lorada, Ant, Rose & Tony felt like family, I worried about them, hoped and wished for them, i rooted for them, I cried for them...I loved them.
Kristin Hannah is my favorite author and her books have a way of just consuming your world lost in the elegance of her words and writing. This book was no different from all the others. I was lost in this exquisite story and i didn’t want it to end. I found myself trying to slow down my reading, staying on each page a little longer, really taking in the difficult time in history so I could feel it all, I traveled the journey with them and didn’t want to say goodbye.
All the feels with this beautiful story.. I related to so much and found different parts of myself in the characters. Emotional and captivating. So many moments of profound beauty and moments where I found myself awestruck at all the human heart can bear and still continue beating - an all too familiar feeling, because I’ve been there, broken yet strong all at the same time, a warrior with a beating heart.
In typical post reading a Kristin Hannah book fashion, Im currently suffering from a severe book hangover and no other book will do right now. I find myself thinking of the characters and the choices they made and all the feels come right back. A top favorite read forever, I can’t recommend this book enough!!
New topic, good writing, great characters. I really enjoyed this book.
I think it ended pretty suddenly though! My only complaint.
I think it ended pretty suddenly though! My only complaint.
emotional
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:
Complicated
Only Kristin Hannah could get me to be interested in the Dust Bowl. This story frustrated me like no other… not out of dislike for the plot or characters, but because I wanted everyone to get help. It was so incredibly frustrating to read about the family dealing with hardship after hardship and genuinely thinking there will be no better but this really drove the message home. If I’m tense and anxious reading this, imagine the real life people going through this.
Not my favorite KH book but really good nonetheless. She never fails to get me out of a reading slump. I finished this book with a greater appreciation for the Dust Bowl era as well as an eerie feeling of deja vu given the current events in 2025. It was a little slow in the beginning/middle but I was never bored or wanting to skim. I also feel from a writing perspective that this section needed to be so uneventful to hone in just how bad the dust bowl was. If the first half of the book was quicker paced, I don’t think the reader would understand the utter desperation and destruction as much.
I loved Elsa so much and just wanted the best for her.I hate that she had to die but it was a very good way to end the book. I didn’t cry until then and I think that ending made the story all the more powerful for the reader. I loved loved loved the way KH wrote the mother-daughter relationship between Elsa and Loreda. It was relatable and emotional and so raw. I could’ve read another 400 pages just about them. The rest of the family was so easy to love too except Rafe, even though I did feel for him. He deserved better too but he lost sympathy by ditching his entire family. I would love to know if/where KH thinks he ended up.
I also loved the short relationship between Jack and Elsa. I think the way Elsa opened up to him and changed for the better was well written. I enjoyed the dynamic between them and it never felt too cheesy. I would’ve even loved more time spent building that relationship up before Elsa’s death.
Like any other KH book, grab your box of tissues and get ready to ride the emotional roller coaster.
Not my favorite KH book but really good nonetheless. She never fails to get me out of a reading slump. I finished this book with a greater appreciation for the Dust Bowl era as well as an eerie feeling of deja vu given the current events in 2025. It was a little slow in the beginning/middle but I was never bored or wanting to skim. I also feel from a writing perspective that this section needed to be so uneventful to hone in just how bad the dust bowl was. If the first half of the book was quicker paced, I don’t think the reader would understand the utter desperation and destruction as much.
I loved Elsa so much and just wanted the best for her.
I also loved the short relationship between Jack and Elsa. I think the way Elsa opened up to him and changed for the better was well written. I enjoyed the dynamic between them and it never felt too cheesy. I would’ve even loved more time spent building that relationship up before Elsa’s death.
Like any other KH book, grab your box of tissues and get ready to ride the emotional roller coaster.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
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:
Yes
4/5 - I love Kristin Hannah’s historical fictions.
Elsa was such a great character and I felt so much grief for her. She was definitely my favourite character so the ending was so sad since she just learned that she’s worthy of romantic love with Jack. Ugh. So sad.
Loreda was such a good contrast to Elsa but she pissed me off so much which I guess was the point. Ant was kinda useless to me.
The plot was great. It’s about learning to realize your right as an American to free wages and I really enjoyed seeing Elsa’s journey with that.
I listened to this on audio. Would I read/listen to it again? Yes. It was so good and Kristin Hannah’s stories are always phenomenal.
Elsa was such a great character and I felt so much grief for her. She was definitely my favourite character so the ending was so sad since she just learned that she’s worthy of romantic love with Jack. Ugh. So sad.
Loreda was such a good contrast to Elsa but she pissed me off so much which I guess was the point. Ant was kinda useless to me.
The plot was great. It’s about learning to realize your right as an American to free wages and I really enjoyed seeing Elsa’s journey with that.
I listened to this on audio. Would I read/listen to it again? Yes. It was so good and Kristin Hannah’s stories are always phenomenal.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
slow-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:
Complicated
I have heard of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl but never studied them. This story is just a glimpse into that history. Kristin Hannah comes through again and I swear I can see, feel, and taste the dust.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
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