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Un nou început

Kristin Hannah

4.39 AVERAGE

jessdaut90's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

emilytatum23's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

leighann_karrip's review against another edition

4.0

It was a slow start. I didn’t really like the book until about halfway through. Then suddenly I was completely enthralled. I stayed up reading for hours hoping I would finish it before it was due back to the library. I finished it in a day after I was able to check it out again. I love this book.

mbutkowski's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

Fantastic book. The challenges that Leni and her mother faced with her deranged father was very suspenseful, but there was also hope that he would get better, or they would be able to leave him. Matthew was the kindest more loving person and his love for Leni and her's for him was the most hopeful part of this story.

katdeni6's review against another edition

5.0

Loveable characters: Yes

eabh's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I haven’t devoured a book like this in ages. My first Kristin Hannah book, but certainly not my last. Hannah depicts the bush of Alaska as a world of mystery, violence, and discovery. I was captivated, devastated, and baffled by this book. What an incredible story.

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findingdorisa's review against another edition

3.5

My heart was tense and I already kind of know what’s coming at the beginning, I smelt and sensed DV because I’m a survivor. It’s hard to leave and it’s hard to get away especially when children is in consideration. But she had such amazing support system, something I could never have dreamed of.
I’m glad that I’m done with this book. It definitely helped me see things clearer with dreaming to move north (not Alaska north).
Cora’s explanation for “love” is too shallow honestly. For someone who’s tried to defend the abuser, “love” is never good enough reason to convince others or herself. Otherwise pretty believable.
And also, she blamed a lot of things on PTSD which… I think abusers are abusive not because of the nightmares but because that’s who they are. That’s just a bad excuse.
The police person at the end was kind of unnecessarily harsh.

I’m so glad that they got out eventually by killing him, that’s an easy way out. My question is, how to continue with the rest of my life as a battered wife, or a survivor