A review by velsbooknook
The Women by Kristin Hannah

emotional informative reflective

3.5

I have some mixed feelings about it. First of all I don't know much about what happened during the Vietnam war. But knowing Kristin Hannah always does a ton of research and reading her author's note makes me believe that it is a quite accurate portrait of women during that time. I loved the first 70% and I flew through them. Kristin Hannah always does a great job with writing strong women and very emotional stories about their lives - also this time. My heart broke for Frankie more than once. When I hit the 70% mark things went a little downhill in my opinion though. Some moments were off, some happened too quickly, some paragraphs just didn't feel like Kristin Hannah. I enjoyed the last 10% again but it's definitely not her strongest work for me. What I really loved about this book is the friendships Frankie made during her time in Vietnam. She saw so much horror but she also had her friends to talk to and rely on and that is something she held on to during the whole book.

Thank you to Kristin Hannah, Pan Macmillian and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

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