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amiecaitlin 's review for:
The Women
by Kristin Hannah
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Clearly deeply and lovingly researched, this is as enjoyable as it is heart breaking for all the right reasons.
đź“šThe Women, by Kristin Hannah - no spoilers review -
The Women explores the experience of (surprise!) American women during the Vietnam War, focusing on fictional nurse Frankie in particular, both during her time “in-country” and once she returned home to be told again and again that her trauma and experience didn’t exist because “there were no women in Vietnam”.
The first half of the novel is the strongest (to me) but the second half is arguably the more important. I have a degree in American History and have never learned about women in Vietnam. So I can confirm that this is a very much forgotten, hidden subject. Reading this made me so sad for the estimated 10,000 women who served during the Vietnam War (1955-75); it juxtaposes everything I learned about the rise of feminism in the 70s in the US in particular.
Despite the *heavy* subject, the novel is intensely readable and kept me turning pages without being bogged down. Hannah’s writing style is easy reading without loses any of the depth or respect needed for this subject.
It’s got drama, romance, history, family dynamics and female friendship FTW.
đź“šThe Women, by Kristin Hannah - no spoilers review -
The Women explores the experience of (surprise!) American women during the Vietnam War, focusing on fictional nurse Frankie in particular, both during her time “in-country” and once she returned home to be told again and again that her trauma and experience didn’t exist because “there were no women in Vietnam”.
The first half of the novel is the strongest (to me) but the second half is arguably the more important. I have a degree in American History and have never learned about women in Vietnam. So I can confirm that this is a very much forgotten, hidden subject. Reading this made me so sad for the estimated 10,000 women who served during the Vietnam War (1955-75); it juxtaposes everything I learned about the rise of feminism in the 70s in the US in particular.
Despite the *heavy* subject, the novel is intensely readable and kept me turning pages without being bogged down. Hannah’s writing style is easy reading without loses any of the depth or respect needed for this subject.
It’s got drama, romance, history, family dynamics and female friendship FTW.