farnhamburglar 's review for:

The Women by Kristin Hannah

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A moving book that tells a lesser known part of the Vietnam war. A fascinating read in which the author’s dedication to research is palpable. It does not shy away from trauma and there are moments where the panic and horror become visceral. There are times when the amount of terrible things that happen to the protagonist seem overwhelming, but I thought that was quite intentional on the author’s part. Trauma, as we see in this book, affects all aspects of life. Well written but very heavy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism