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sarahzucca 's review for:
The Women
by Kristin Hannah
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As I could not handle The Sympathizer, this was a really beneficial way to reintroduce me to the Vietnam War at a level I could comprehend and had capacity to process at this time. The reading is easy, but I wouldn’t be able to say if it was over dramatic or flowery, which Hannah has been known to sprinkle into her books. It was palatable enough that Al listened to it with me in the car. I am interested in reading more into this soon. Would recommend to anyone who is willing to read something ALMOST educational, but also understands that it must be read with a grain of salt. Good intro to a convoluted perceptively black and white war. Which is absolutely was not.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Colonisation, War