Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Women by Kristin Hannah

405 reviews

sallydoig's review

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide attempt, and War

kathrynshields's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• 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? No

4.5

The Women is a beautifully written blend of storytelling and history exploring the bravery and heroism of the forgotten women who served in the Vietnam War. It was more episodic than expected but I really grew to love the characters. 

How do all these men keep rising from the dead?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Racism, Torture, Police brutality, Car accident, and Alcohol

Largely takes place in hospitals place during the Vietnam War and covers the years following the end of the war

lbarnobirobinson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-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

5 stars for each time I was emotionally devastated by this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and War

emmazimmer's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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

4.75

Beautiful story bringing light to a topic that is not well-known. Inspiring, challenging, and emotional. I cried throughout several parts of the book. I want to rate it 5 stars but

the ending was just a little too "perfect" for me. As happy as I was that Jamie and Frankie reunited after they both had time to heal, the realist in my knows that probably wouldn't have happened. What are the chances that both Rye and Jamie are revealed to have been alive the whole time? Plus, both were obvious reveals that I saw coming a mile away. I also wish that Jamie was mentioned more frequently throughout the book. The writing gives the impression that Frankie has forgotten/completely moved on from him. All this aside though, the plot as written made me happy and I'm very glad Frankie was able to get her happy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lucybird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nnnaaommiii's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt

estellegodard's review

challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

3.5

this book simply did not hit the same way as the other kristin hannah books I’ve read. there were a lot of passages that felt repetitive and I never felt a strong connection to the main character. 
I appreciated the subject matter as a whole; it’s inspiring and it isn’t a topic I’ve read a lot about. however, the nuance of that time period feels a little simplistic in the book. 
I will say the plot twist with rye was genuinely surprising & I binged the last quarter of this book to find out how it would finish between them. 
ultimately, I enjoyed this book but it’s a far cry from what the author has published in the past. the emotions aren’t as visceral and the story wasn’t as vivid & well developed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

giamarie's review

emotional informative reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

tay_abs1's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide attempt, and War

ogwegs's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and War