Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

114 reviews

breeshellito's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

tallhousecookies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Gun violence

cosidu's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

kdipreta421's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.25

I really enjoyed this. When KH tells a story, I feel like I’m watching a movie. The setting of this is gripping and adventurous. And what happens is difficult and keeps you wanting more of the story to unfold. Overall wonderful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Injury/Injury detail

ck47's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, War, and Violence

samburkhouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual content, Confinement, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Vomit

hayliejones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

indydc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Body horror, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: War, Kidnapping, Medical content, Fatphobia, and Cancer

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Car accident, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

sde's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 This is a hard one to rate. The setting in Alaska was amazing and not one you read often. It was not romanticized, and I was not surprised when I read the acknowledgements at the end that the author's family has run a lodge in Alaska for years. On the other hand, it was one horrible thing after another, and not all of it caused by the landscape. I found myself feeling almost panicked as I anticipated the next mistake and wrong decision the characters made. But that did keep me reading, and quickly! I switched back and forth between the print and the audiobook, depending on what I was doing. The audiobook eased the depressing quality somewhat because you could more easily hear the joy and awe too. But with the print, I could skim over the most awful parts. Some of the side characters were flat, but the author did a decent job at explaining the complicated feelings of being in an abusive family and whey "just leave" isn't so emotionally easy.

I was a little kid during the time when much of this book takes place. It was fun to read about things that I kind of remember, but I wasn't old enough to be totally steeped in. Also, I knew that women couldn't get credit in their own name for a long time, but I didn't realize it was as recently as the mid-1970s. Talked to some older people, and they said yes, that was definitely the way it was, and one of them recounted a story of swearing at the Sears salesman because she was the one working while her husband was in school. Some of the reviews are saying this isn't realistic, and why didn't the father get counseling and why didn't people help the mother more. This reviewers must be young. Those opportunities weren't readily available and that's just how things were done in the day. It was good to reflect on how much progress we have made because sometimes it doesn't feel that way.

I have only read one other book by Kristin Hannah, The Winter Garden, which I didn't like much at all. I wasn't planning on reading anything else by her, but my book group picked this one. I enjoyed this one much more, maybe because of the setting, so I am now open to reading more of her work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail