A review by bekkz27
The Women by Kristin Hannah

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I understand the point of this book and the story that Needed to be told. I just struggled with the subject matter and how dry it was. I know trauma isn’t pretty or easy, it just felt like the author was purposefully cruel to the FMC. I didn’t understand why the best friends got off so easy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

They aren’t all graphic, but it is a war book. There is gonna be a fair bit of this stuff.