A review by oashackelford
The Women by Kristin Hannah

4.0

I did not enjoy the nightingale by Kristin Hannah, and so I did not know what to expect from this book, but I really liked it. I think that the difference was that books about world war two tend to gloss over whether or not the war was right, or any wrongdoing on the sides of the winners, but Vietnam was such a different war. The American people had no idea what was really going on, there wasn't a clear enemy and so many young men were being sent over to die. I think it got harder and harder to pretend that we had a real reason to be at war. I thought that she handled Frankie's PTSD so well, and that she was able to open up a nuanced conversation about supporting the vets without supporting the war.