Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

7 reviews

chanatova's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

stormborn_13's review

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, and Antisemitism

ivi_reads_books's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed the insights into life in the US in the 60s and 70s around the time of the Vietnam war. The authors shows the struggles women and specifically women soldiers went through and how they found support.
The book handles a lot of heavy themes in a quite graphic way, so check the trigger warnings if you don't want to read about certain subjects.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Suicide, Torture, and Sexual harassment

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

bearybooky's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It was difficult to read but im glad i did. Vietnam happened before i was born and i dont know much about it. Now i know more. 

It was very sad. So many bad things happen to the main character i was beginning to lose interest and hope. But there is just enough redemption. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy

christinedavid17's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and War

maggieparedesauthor's review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism