Every Kristin Hannah book is a masterpiece. Always so amazing. Strong female characters. Just beautiful! Thank you so much for this copy.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Net Galley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All I can say is this was an engaging and engrossing read. This book was powerful and emotional and gave me all of the feels. Kristin Hannah has crafted a well researched story that makes you think. I enjoyed this book from start to finish.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publishing Company for providing me this Digital Advanced Readers Copy of the book!

Well my first Kristin Hannah book. It was good. Really long, but really good. Lots of historical facts. I am a nurse myself so it was really great to read about courageous women helping during the times of war.

Amazing. As someone who does not typically read Historical Fiction, I was hesitant to pick this up. However, once I did, I could not put it down. Beautifully written. Five stars!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to review.

Can Kristin Hannah write a bad book? I don't think so, honestly it's hard to give it a fair review because I'm so loyal to her. I don't have any complaints except that I have to wait for her next book

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the digital arc. The Viet Nam War made up the “soundtrack” of my high school and college years. Whether it was the scenes of battles, casualties, and destruction on the nightly news, the protests in the cities and on college campuses, the family arguments over the pros and cons of the war, or the family and friends who were drafted or enlisted, the soundtrack never stopped. One group that was quietly neglected stateside was the front line the nursing corp. Kristin Hannah brings the lives of three young nurses to life, both before they served, during their service, and after. They came from very different backgrounds, but their shared passion to save lives, and their subsequent emotional traumas, joined them for life. Although it is fiction, it is another missing piece in the history of those years, which was 1965-1975 for me. Do not hesitate to read this book. It may be Hannah's best.

I consider this Kristin Hannah at her absolute best. Emotionally gripping from the very beginning and also giving us a glimpse of history from a unique perspective. I appreciate the time and attention she puts into the details of the history every time. The Women is a must read.

This was another hit by Kristin Hannah. I was so interested to learn about women during the Vietnam War. I had no idea their role or poor treatment of those that contributed so much to the cause. I also really enjoyed the different time periods and parts of the book, it felt like multiple books in one and was a well-layered story.

I love all of Kristin Hannah’s books. This one was no different. Kristin Hannah knows how to tell a great story & get you all emotional.

I’m definitely in the minority when it comes to this book. First, I will say that I appreciated that the novel was something other than WW2. As always, Hannah’s writing was very good and she obviously did her research on this time in history.

I found that there was very little plot in this novel and even though the title is called “The Women”, it really only focused on the main character, who I was not a fan of. This book was also very long and repetitive. Every tragedy that could happen to someone, occurred in this novel, and it became a little too much for me. Honestly, it took me awhile to read this one because I had very little desire to continue. A highly anticipated read became one of my most disappointed reads this year.

I really enjoyed this book! Such an interesting topic that's not often written about, so I learned a ton in addition to enjoying myself. I do wish the author had defined some more terms or given a little more background for Vietnam War-era phrases like Charlie or Agent Orange, but it didn't detract from the book. I really liked the characters and their development, and the twists that kept coming. My only complaint was the "back from the dead" person at the end.... one, maybe - but two? Unbelievable... and I had so many questions... I wish that had just been laid to rest (literally and figuratively). I'll continue to look for more fascinating and engaging works from this talented author!

This book was very hyped up. I attended a speech by the author. I got a signed copy in addition to reading it here. I think all they hype made me have feelings of not wanting to read the book. It's good writing, and as much as I know that and like what I read, I can't get into it. I keep picking it up and putting it back down. I will finish it eventually. I know everyone that has read it has loved it. Perhaps I'm just feeling so much pressure to like it that I don't.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I couldn't say more positive things about this book.

The Women by Kristin Hannah is a powerful historical novel that follows the journey of a young nurse, Frankie McGrath, who serves in the Vietnam War and faces the harsh realities of both war and the turbulent social climate of 1960s America. Known for her emotionally rich storytelling, Hannah delves into themes of courage, resilience, and the often-overlooked sacrifices of women in combat. Frankie’s character arc is compelling as she navigates trauma, loss, and her struggle to find her place in a world that doesn't fully understand her experience. While it may be intense and heavy at times, The Women offers a poignant tribute to the forgotten female heroes of history, making it an impactful read for fans of historical fiction with strong emotional depth.

This book was SO beautifully written. I’m not normally an emotional reader, but Ms. Hannah always seems to find a way to make me cry. Absolutely loved this story and even had my whole book club read it as well!

I literally don't even know where to begin with this one. I know for sure that I am not capable of doing it justice. This book is one of my favorite I've read in my life! Kristin Hannah is an incredibly amazing author and she definitely did this book justice. It was so beautifully written, the plot laid out so perfectly, the characters drawn uniquely and in novel ways. I'm so impressed with what Ms. Hannah managed to do with this book.

I lived during the Vietnam war and had a boyfriend from high school who served in it and his twin brother was killed in it. This book focuses on the women of that war, specifically Frankie McGrath, a young nurse whose experience in Vietnam led to her PTSD after returning to the United States. Her parents should have been proud of her, but that wasn't her experience at all. One thing that I found absolutely awful for her was the lack of pride her parents exuded, especially her father who had a wall of "heroes," but the only way she could get on that wall was to get married. And even though she served as an Army nurse in a horrific war, she would never have an Army picture of herself on that wall because the "men" were the heroes. Her parents even LIE to their friends and others about where Frankie is and don't admit that she is serving in the war. Worse than that, when she returned home society didn't believe she'd been in Vietnam because the country had been lied to about women serving there, so she was treated with utter disrespect.

I am sure I will never forget this book and I know that I will read it again. It's too important of a topic and being a woman, it's a good reminder of how women have been "kept in their place" by societal expectations. Thankfully we've come a long way but we still have quite a ways to go. I am proud of my dad who served in WWII and the Korean War, and I'm proud of all the approximately 6,000 women who served in the Vietnam war as well as any other war they served in, in any capacity.

Thank you @netgalley and @stmartinspress for sending me this book for review. Opinions are mine.
Everyone told me to read this book and they were right. I couldn’t put it down. I read this almost 500-page book in three days. It’s the first full Kristin Hannah book I’ve read, not being able to get through The Nightingale because it was too heartbreaking.
Quoting Kristin Hannah on the @momsdonthavetimetoreadbooks podcast, “The Women is about the nurses, the young women in the 1960s who volunteered to serve in the Vietnam War. It’s their story of both going to war and coming home and what it was like.”
This is a long book. But it was a long war. I think what this book drives home even more is that those who were lucky enough to come home never fully recovered – mentally, physically, emotionally.
Frankie is a young American woman whose life has been changed by the Vietnam War. She enlists as an army nurse, trying to make her father proud, but having no clue what she’s getting into as Americans were lied to about the war for years – the harsh conditions, the death tolls, and even who exactly was fighting the war and why.
The war chapters were of course hard to read, but riveting. I’ve never read a book set during the Vietnam War – a very different kind of war in the jungle. But when Frankie comes home, that’s when she really starts to feel the effects of the War and realizes that many Americans not only didn’t support the war, but also the veterans, and they especially didn’t believe any women had been in Vietnam at all. Frankie questions how she’s supposed to put her life back together when her service isn’t even acknowledged.
Overall, this book is really about the enduring friendship of people who go through the same things together. While there were romantic relationships and those were extremely compelling, the central relationship in this novel was really Frankie, Ethel and Barb, nurses together during the war.

The Women by Kristin Hannah is a fantastic. novel about nurses during the Vietnam War. The reader is transported to the battlefields of Vietnam and there is so much that I, as a reader, was not aware of. The characters are well developed and the novel is well researched. It is certainly a novel that deserves many accolades! Thank you to Kristin Hannah, and NetGalley for allowing me to read this excellent novel in exchange for a fair and honest review

The Women is an engrossing tale of a young, naive girl who enlists to go to Vietnam as a nurse. What she encounters there will change how she looks at the world, but the thing that really rocks her is not the horrors of war, but how she is treated upon her return to the States. It is a story that we have heard often from Vietnam vets, but never from the point of view of a woman. It brings a little-known historical capsule into the mainstream and shows us another facet of women's rights that have been hard won. As usual, Kristin Hannah has penned a novel that lets you feel in the middle of the action of a historical time. An engrossing read.

I LOVED THIS BOOK! It was absolutely incredible as all Kristin Hannah books are. I loved learning more about the Vietnam war from this lens. KH always evokes a lot of emotions and overall this was my favorite book of this year!