A review by missa303
The Women by Kristin Hannah

challenging emotional 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

5.0

Damn, dude. I don't even know what to say. I started listening and got to the halfway point when she was leaving Vietnam and I was like jesus we're only halfway through??? So much shit has happened, and that's only the half of it?? The emotional rollercoaster that is this book. I feel like I've lived several lifetimes through this book. This book made me actually cry, which I haven't done in a WHILE. And the dudes in this book that were blowing her pain off just because she didnt have "combat experience" made me want to throw shit across the room, I physically had to stop what I was doing and just breathe because it was THAT infuriating.

This is a really important story, and a subject matter not often spoken about. There are not nearly as many stories about Vietnam than there are about WW2, even WW1 I hear about more often. Also, I didn't realize how recently that they realized PTSD was a thing. It was only in the 80s that they had identified it as an actual disorder. Wild, considering the amount of people who have come back from war forever changed since the dawn of time, and they didnt think there was anything to that??

Anyways, I'm going to think about this book until I die. Audiobook was phenomenal - this may have converted me into a Julia Whelan fan. I'm gonna have to listen to more of her non-romance audiobooks (not really a romance reader). Also, I am making The Nightingale a top priority read, so I will probably be reading that in the coming months. DAMN, dude. What a book.
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