allisonamber 's review for:

The Women by Kristin Hannah

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was heart wrenching from start to finish with no relief in between and impossible to put down. The gravity of this story is too vast for words and is a great reminder for younger generations of what the Vietnam war and the politics and atmosphere afterwards did to affect the ways we think and behave to this day (even from outside of the states). Be prepared to sob your heart out multiple times but also not want the story to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt

Minor: Misogyny