Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

40 reviews

riabookishlife's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Miscarriage, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mckennaroan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

shelleyschureads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and War

curlywiggles's review against another edition

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This started off strong and I thought it was going to be a 4 or 5 stars (I love The Nightingale) but it lost me about a third into the book. Once she gets home from Vietnam it gets repetitive. 

The main character is very privileged and makes so many flawed decisions, it's hard to root for her. I wanted to know more about Ethel and Barb, the book would have been better if it had focused more on them and less on the romances. The topics are obviously heavy, and important, but there's not enough hope or lightness to balance the story. It's just a trauma pile on. 

Don't get me started on the romances and the ending! There were too many unrealistic things happening. Guys falling in love with her at first sight, her friends travelling across the country at a moments notice every time she fell apart.

3 stars because I was interested in the part set in Vietnam and it was pretty fast paced. I did want to stay in the time period (like not literally in a war, but learning more about that period of history, which is a sign of a good historical fiction for me. I'm glad that women veterans stories have a wider audience because of this book. And that it highlights the lies the US government made during and after the war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

beckynguyen's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.25

This is simply not a good book. A lot of stereotyping, the writing is bad, the book keeps going on and on, with some white savior complex. This is my first book by Kristin Hannah, and one too many for me. I probably won’t read another book by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Genocide, Miscarriage, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

rhiwind93's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bekkz27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.0

I understand the point of this book and the story that Needed to be told. I just struggled with the subject matter and how dry it was. I know trauma isn’t pretty or easy, it just felt like the author was purposefully cruel to the FMC. I didn’t understand why the best friends got off so easy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

They aren’t all graphic, but it is a war book. There is gonna be a fair bit of this stuff.

forthe_girlwhowaited's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and War

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Wow. Kristen Hannah has once again blown my expectations out of the water. She is truly a wonderful author and storyteller. I am not a fan of historical fiction but I will always pick up one from her. She made me feel like I was experiencing the story with the characters. And I truly respect the way she researches by including people who have experience with the subject and using their input to make changes to the story in order to make it historically accurate. I would recommend this book to all! If I could rate it 6/5 I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

taylor_arinn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This is a challenging read in a few places, but still a very good book over a topic you don’t normally see covered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War