bergha1998's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Historical Fiction, Emotional Trauma, Mother’s Love, 1 🔥
Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Animal death, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality
Minor: War and Sexual content
veepopp's review against another edition
- 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
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
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
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
nurseann7161's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Police brutality, Classism, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Slavery
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Violence, Medical content, Gun violence, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Excrement, Sexism, and Police brutality
hhwanghyunjin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
As a history major, I always appreciate a well-written historical fiction novel, and Kristin Hannah's "The Four Winds" certainly delivers. Set during the Great Depression, the novel explores the experiences of one family in Texas as they struggle to survive amidst the Dust Bowl and the economic devastation of the era.
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Racial slurs, Addiction, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing and Sexual content
a_muggle's review against another edition
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Alcoholism
happyreads's review against another edition
- 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
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
amanda_reads13's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Child death, and Death of parent
carol_c26's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Sexism, and Animal death
corriejn's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Terminal illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Medical content, Violence, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Sexual content, Child death, and Death
Minor: Vomit
The audiobook version includes a really lovely short interview with the author and the narrator, that sheds interesting light on the process of writing the book and creating the characters, as well as the process of bringing the story to life via the audiobook narration.