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A review by fazila
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
4.0
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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah is a historical, women's fiction that tells the story of a family's fight for survival during the Great Depression era and the Dust Bowl era. This story is set in Texas and we get to see how the drought and lack of rain damages and destroys the crops. On top of that dust storms ravaged the lands leaving more destruction behind. People in these states had to fight for their day-to-day survival against the war mother nature has waged. It's a family story, a woman's story that's going to burrow into your hearts and make you feel their fear, powerlessness, determination, and tenacity as if it was our own. The book is an unforgettable reading experience and made me emotional at times.
While I loved the premise and the way the story was told, there were moments I found Hannah was telling us rather than showing us the circumstances. Sometimes she would give us a situation and all of a sudden the characters were skilled to deal with it within a few days. I would have appreciated them struggling and seeing it on the page rather than seeing them do it perfectly. Oftentimes, food was told to be scarce, and then we see them eating much more elaborate meals than you would expect considering the circumstances. Now, these are not, make it or break it moments, but they did take me out of the story and make me ask questions like where did that come from? How do they have money for that? Or how did she learn this so quickly, when most of the time she was running off in a huff? It felt unrealistic to me to see these moments and stood out because of the contrarieties.
Overall, I really liked the story and what it set out to do. It would have been a 4.5 - 5 star read for me if it wasn't for the things I mentioned earlier. As these are things related and important to the plot and character development of the story, I had to give the book a rating of 3.5 - 4 stars. Don't let my rating keep you away from this book, and I still believe this is a fantastic read and if you love slow-paced, character journeys through momentous times in history, definitely pick this one up. Or if you are a fan of Kristin Hannah, you might want to check this one out. Kristin Hannah has been an author on my list for some time now. I really need to get to her other books.
FOLLOW ME ON : TWITTER INSTAGRAM
FR REVIEW :
DISCLAIMER : Thank you, Pan Macmillan for providing me with an ARC of this book. I am leaving this review voluntarily.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah is a historical, women's fiction that tells the story of a family's fight for survival during the Great Depression era and the Dust Bowl era. This story is set in Texas and we get to see how the drought and lack of rain damages and destroys the crops. On top of that dust storms ravaged the lands leaving more destruction behind. People in these states had to fight for their day-to-day survival against the war mother nature has waged. It's a family story, a woman's story that's going to burrow into your hearts and make you feel their fear, powerlessness, determination, and tenacity as if it was our own. The book is an unforgettable reading experience and made me emotional at times.
While I loved the premise and the way the story was told, there were moments I found Hannah was telling us rather than showing us the circumstances. Sometimes she would give us a situation and all of a sudden the characters were skilled to deal with it within a few days. I would have appreciated them struggling and seeing it on the page rather than seeing them do it perfectly. Oftentimes, food was told to be scarce, and then we see them eating much more elaborate meals than you would expect considering the circumstances. Now, these are not, make it or break it moments, but they did take me out of the story and make me ask questions like where did that come from? How do they have money for that? Or how did she learn this so quickly, when most of the time she was running off in a huff? It felt unrealistic to me to see these moments and stood out because of the contrarieties.
Overall, I really liked the story and what it set out to do. It would have been a 4.5 - 5 star read for me if it wasn't for the things I mentioned earlier. As these are things related and important to the plot and character development of the story, I had to give the book a rating of 3.5 - 4 stars. Don't let my rating keep you away from this book, and I still believe this is a fantastic read and if you love slow-paced, character journeys through momentous times in history, definitely pick this one up. Or if you are a fan of Kristin Hannah, you might want to check this one out. Kristin Hannah has been an author on my list for some time now. I really need to get to her other books.