Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

17 reviews

sannesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed the writing. The story captivates you from the first chapter. This story mainly focusses on mother and daughter, and the story is told from both of their povs. Even though I liked the story, I am not a mother, I think this story would have hit harder for readers that are mothers. The book is divided in parts and I enjoyed the first half of the book best because I found that part the most emotional, and I was the most interested in the Dust Bowl. I love Rose and Tony.

The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl are events in history that I was not familiar with (I am not American). I found it a very interesting topic to learn more about. It was so terrible and I feel very much empathy for the people who lived during that time. 

This is really not a happy book so I recommend to pick this book up when you are in the right mindspace for a tragic story.

There were also things I didn't like. I did not like the repetetiveness. I understand that all the tragedies were repetetive. What I mean with that is that, for example, the dust storms were very frequent and they were often described too long and in the same way. I was kind of bored at the part about communism. Again, quite repetetively written. Did not enjoy the ending but the epilogue was kinda sweet. 

I also didn't like the way the mother died. It didn't really make sense. I think, the bullet should have been more fatal for here to actually die from it or she should have to recover. I also did not like the romance between Elsa and Jack. It seemed a bit forced and unnessecary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent

r_clark's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, Racism, and Death of parent

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Slavery, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs and Sexism

jennaviolet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

themdash's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

passionatereader78's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad 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

4.5

This is an emotional story. A historical fiction. It's about a challenging lifestyle during a horrible time in history. Elsa is a frail woman or at least thats what her parents have beaten into her. She will never marry, have children, or have a job. At age twenty-five, Elsa starts to rebel against what she's been told. She meets Rafe and gets pregnant. They get married and live with his family on their farm. Elsa's happiness is short lived. When the dust storms take over Texas, Elsa has to decide how to save her family. Do they stay in Texas and fight for their land or do they head to California (The land of milk and honey)not knowing what waits for them? The relationship between Elsa and Loreda(Elsa's daughter)is one filled with turmoil. They love each other and want what's best for their family. They both have different ideas of how to get it. I enjoyed the writing on both sides of their relationship. I thought Elsa was doing what she thought was best from her past experiences and Lareda is young and full of life. She's ready to fight injustice not realizing what she will have to sacrifice to get what she wants. Laredo is whiny at times and I  would have liked about fifty to a hundred pages less. I  don't think we needed everything that was written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content, Police brutality, Medical content, and Medical trauma

lidia7'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: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Classism

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

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

jordannecoote's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it had me smiling and crying (first book to make me cry), I am thinking it’s because as a mother and reading the struggles this character Elsa faced really hit home and how everything she did was for her children, it was honestly so well written and kept me intrigued the whole time! I would love to see this as a movie. 
I was shocked by the ending, and shocked that certain characters never came back to the story I kept hoping for that, but I was happy with the happiness that did occur for this family in the end. 
I recommend this to anyone of all ages! 
However this book is very direct, it does not blanket any topics so may be a little heavy some of the scenes for some people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Body shaming and Bullying

nurseann7161's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Police brutality, and Classism

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, and Alcohol

iordanmoore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Infidelity