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Zimowy ogród by Kristin Hannah

15 reviews

lizandlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and War

juanat77's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kateharsh's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

cait_mccarron's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

amberjackonski's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Grief

kam_h's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Abandonment, and War

darlab86's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and War

mslessthan3's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Sobbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and War

caitlin_davis22's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

Oh my word. I have a lot of thoughts. 

The part before we hear Anya's story was SO boring to me. And repetitive, especially Meredith's narrative. I really think that portion of the book could have been significantly shorter and still effective. 

The truly interesting parts of this book are in Anya's "fairytale." I was disappointed that Hannah chose to set up the story this way because in my opinion, if the story had shifted between time periods instead of using the fairytale premise, she could have given more depth to Vera's story. I feel like Vera's narrative is where we see a watered-down version of Hannah's incredible ability to detail the life, strength and hardship of historical women. I just wish it had come through MORE as a direct POV instead of fairytale-ized.

I also found it to be a little unbelievable that Meredith and Nina put up with their mother's mysterious and cold demeanor until they were in their 40s. I just feel like they, particularly Nina, would have said what the hell is up with you long before then. And it makes me sadder that Anya missed so much of the happiness she could have experienced if she had just opened up a little sooner. Also, Evan, couldn't you, like, give your adult daughters a heads up that their mother was a huge B*** to them due to Russian war trauma? Like c'mon. He was close with them, and even if the full story wasn't his to tell, he could have added some much-needed context for them.

I also thought it was weird that the book ended without any final true Meredith/Nina moments since Hannah spent ETERNITY on their storylines for the first 2/3 of this book. 

Okay, I digress. I did love the ending of this book, and yes, I did tear up. I just wish it hadn't taken me so long to get through due to the BORING Meredith and Nina set up in the beginning and the lack of depth in a lot of Vera's narrative. I still love u, Kristin Hannah, but this one wasn't my fave.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and War

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

bookin_w_tues's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Dementia