Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

46 reviews

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

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

madelinexpfit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.0

I may be updating this after book club but this is my initial reaction. 

This book was so extremely frustrating and irritating to me even as an outsider and new to the topic. I really enjoyed learning about the history of the Vietnam war and it only deepened my love for historical fiction. 

I grew to love the main character, Frances, and also grew to hate my country with her. 

I feel like I could have been more connected to the book and characters. I think it has to do with me not fully wanting the life she lived. I find my 5 star reads are lives that I would want to lead. There were definitely moments like her relationships with Barb and Ethel, as well as some of the men. 

Spoilers: There were a bunch of predictable points, some good and some bad. Some I wish didn’t happen and one that I’m really glad did happen - Jamie surviving!! 

I would not recommend this book to people prone to panic attacks because there are a lot of triggering points in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and War

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

prime_minister_dinkleson's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail