Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

52 reviews

madlads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Idk wtf Kristin Hannah put in this book but golly gee do I want more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Police brutality

kgoody813's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Car accident, Alcohol, and War

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

pompberry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.5

Not my usual read, but it was recommended by a client and I actually really loved it. I found myself wanting to keep picking it back up to read. It’s informative and captivating, even if you’re like me and aren’t someone interested in war themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

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

leahk09's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

4.75

As a major history buff I was hoping for more on the war end and this book switched from war to consequences and aftermath around a third of the way through. Hence my not-quite-perfect score. However, the character development was terrific and yet again Kristin Hannah manages to get me emotionally invested in characters while simultaneously shedding light on a horrific situation. All around a phenomenal book by one of the best authors of the 21st century. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and War

slowreadersam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Kristin Hannah does it again! 

An emotional story that also embodied the distrust, manipulation and angst during the the Vietnam War time period. 

The only negative comment I have is that I wish the romantic relationships in the story were developed more so that I was more emotionally invested. However, I understand that this is probably a reflection of the books context where some relationships were built from trauma bonding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage and Police brutality

Minor: Cancer

themrshedrick816's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I’ve never had a book be so good, that I loved so much, yet make me so angry so many times!!! 100/10 ⭐️!!!  Will def be a hard one to beat, it’s the best I’ve read so far this year! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War

jeggert10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Police brutality, Abortion, and Gaslighting

esjackson's review against another edition

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

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, and Classism

Minor: Hate crime, Torture, Police brutality, and Abortion