The Women A Novel

Wow

Lejla aus Salzburg am 24.08.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2575915
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)

Das Buch ist wirklich toll und sehr emotional. Vorher hatte ich mich überhaupt nicht mit dem Vietnamkrieg beschäftigt, aber das Buch bietet einen guten Einblick – besonders in die Rolle der Frauen während des Vietnamkriegs. Kann ich auf jeden Fall empfehlen!

An eye-opening book

Bewertung am 29.03.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2452312
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As a German, I never really had any particular interest in the Vietnam war besides the obligatory two-hours history class and the hippie movement. This is my first book by Kristin Hannah and I can admit I'm pleasantly surprised. What I first expected to be a glorying rah rah story about US troops and the women who aided them in-country turned into a critical and devastating account of Vietnam war. It deals with the physical and mental mark the war left on the soldiers and the hostile environment veterans had to return home to in a sensitive way. War crimes, misogyny and hypocrisy. I loved Frankie's character development and her very real struggles during her time in-country and post-war. She was perfectly flawed and what I imagine to be a very realistic depiction of a female vet in the 1970s. The book sometimes was redundant in its messages and could have somewhat shorter. What I didn't like was that I felt the author had thrust Frankie into unbelievable amounts of trauma to capture the range of fates that have befallen veterans. Also, the story was sometimes a bit clichéd and predictable when it came to the romances. Still a very entertaining and educating book about Vietnam war.