Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

50 reviews

baraya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Violence

mhorns's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage

abbasaurusrex's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This was my first Kristin Hannah. I saw someone describe the author’s books as the Hallmark movies of historical fiction and now, having finished this, I can confirm that is accurate. Equal parts trauma porn and pearl clutching, this book just did not strike the right chords for me. I appreciated the view into a particular place and time in history that I knew little about, but found it a bit overdone, as it seems like the author is trying to address every single hardship of the Dust Bowl farmers/migrant workers through a single family’s experience. By the end of the book I almost felt sorry for the characters, not as victims of history, but as victims of the author. I just don’t enjoy watching people get dumped on, no matter how “historically accurate” the author might claim the events to be. The character development also didn’t hit. I found all of the characters to be a bit one-note and inconsistent, and their “development” (if you can call it that) seemed forced and incomplete. It’s almost like the author said, “I wanna write about the Dust Bowl,” instead of saying “here are some themes I want to explore, and I think the Dust Bowl and this particular family is the appropriate context in which to examine those themes.” She somehow manages to do too much and too little at the same time. Finally, there is not a single person of color in the narrative. I would have appreciated a more diverse perspective for a book that tries to tackle such a massive part of US history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Xenophobia, Classism, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Police brutality, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy and Deportation

veepopp's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Blood, Sexual content, Grief, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Murder, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

lidia710's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death of parent, Child death, Classism, Miscarriage, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Emotional abuse, Deportation, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Blood, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Body shaming, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, and Animal cruelty

a_muggle's review against another edition

It started off strong, or at least interesting, but soon it waned and I grew bored of the whining.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Alcoholism

happyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Death, Hate crime, Death of parent, Gun violence, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Bullying, and Abandonment

Moderate: Terminal illness, Medical trauma, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol

teora's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK. The characters were so well written and three dimensional. Every time I thought Elsa or Loretta were going to choose a path or do something it always turned out the complete opposite. The story and plot were interesting, and I loved the year jumps and migration aspects from Texas to California. This made me want to do more research into the dust bowl and the social impacts it had. 10/10 would read another Kristin Hannah book again ALSO THE END MADE ME CRY. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

afinnsimm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Miscarriage, Classism, Child death, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism

kels24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Abandonment, Bullying, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexism, Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Child death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Grief