Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

24 reviews

shibaunited's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

silverhill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

immovabletype's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Infertility, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Police brutality, and Abortion

yvo_about_books's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Finished reading: July 30th 2024

“The women had a story to tell, even if the world wasn't quite yet ready to hear it, and their story began with three simple words. We were there.”

I'm a fan of Kristin Hannah's writing, and I've been looking forward to read this story ever since I first heard about it. Then the raving reviews started coming in, and my expectations only increased... I'm happy to announce that those expectations ended up being more than met, and it turned out to  be an exceptional piece of historical fiction. Without doubt my new favorite among her books! The Women is a truly special story, and focuses on the role of women during the Vietnam war. It's not something you usually read about, and those brave and strong women deserve all the credit for their work. I can't imagine what it would have been like not only for them to do what they did during the war, but also everything they had to face afterwards... With even their fellow veterans shunning them as there were 'no women in Vietnam'. The story is divided into parts, where we both get to see the brutal truth of being a nurse during the war and the aftermath. This only gave the story more dept and power, and it is shocking to see that their work and sacrifice isn't being acknowledged afterwards. The characterization is sublime, and the main characters truly came alive for me. Flawed, but strong and an excellent character development; it will be VERY hard not to care about what happened to them. Not even the cheating could put a damper on things for me, as I was simply way too invested in the story by then. Harrowing, emotional, dark and extremely powerful: this story will stay with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katekatiekait's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident and Classism

muffin_mouse's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content and Abortion

blueyogi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Classism

abitterknitter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Vietnam was before my time. Whenever we go to Homes For Our Troops events, they ask veterans of different wars to stand and they apologize to the Vietnam vets for how the country treated them when they returned. I didn't have much understanding of that until now. Heartbreaking.

I expected SOMEONE to come back after they talked about how some who were shot down were POWs, not dead. I didnt expect to see Jamie again. That was a surprise. For a while, I thought the book was going to end with Frankie dying. Rye was a jerk. Frankie never did ask him about his divorce when he proposed. I'm glad Jamie came back and that the writer made their relationship possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Cancer and Cursing

nehaanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kjlewis494's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, and Classism