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De wintertuin by Kristin Hannah, Marjet Schumacher

20 reviews

juanat77's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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

4.0

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kateharsh's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Another beautiful book by Kristin Hannah that made me cry multiple times 😭 the descriptions of war and famine were heartbreaking. This doesn’t rank as one of my top Kristin Hannah books but I loved it.
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cait_mccarron's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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knapier5's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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andalucia's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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chloe_acceber's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book will really tug at your heartstrings. It's family drama and incredible, heartbreaking family history. The characters are real and believable, the story heart wrenching. Couldn't put it down 
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amberjackonski's review against another edition

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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? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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kam_h's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book took me a minute to get into. I think it definitely would resonate more with mother's, but once it got going it was so good. The characters were flawed and frustrating at times, but came across very realistic. If you love a good generational trauma book this one is definitely for you 🤣. I also always love the use of stories and fairy tales to tell a story within a story, and this one did that very well. It was much sadder than expected but the ending made it all worth it. Definitely recommend if you're wanting something that'll make you tear up a bit. 
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evanvlack's review against another edition

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

3.0

I really wanted to like this book but it was So. Damn. Depressing. There were very few light moments in the book. Vera’s story of the WWII siege of Leningrad was captivating but so heavy. I’m a lover of historical fiction, and this is a piece of history that is unfamiliar to me so it was interesting to learn more. In the end I was not a big fan of the book because it was much too sad for me. 
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bookreviewmystic's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

I don't even know how to work out my feelings about Winter Garden. This book was dumped into my lap by Amazon when I signed up for KU. It was an audiobook & I needed something to listen to while waiting in the school pickup line. Honestly, I didn't even read the summary of the book, I just started playing it. So you can imagine my surprise when I was completely captivated by this harrowing retelling of the siege of Leningrad. 

This book will break your heart & tape it back together, just to turn around & completely obliterate it. Then after you become awestruck at the tremendous amount of strength & courage of these women, you will learn that you can take the pieces of your obliterated heart, mix it with some love from others, and form it into something new: a heart that holds love so strong that it stands the tests of time, trials, & tribulations because it holds close what matters most. Family: born & found. 
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