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ClareR (5561 KP) rated The Women in Books

May 5, 2024

The Women

Kristin Hannah | 2024 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

10

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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Yet again, Kristin Hannah has ripped my heart out of my chest and jumped all over it. And yet again, I’m just fine with that.

Frankie McGrath volunteers to go to Vietnam as a nurse, in the hope that she’ll be put up on her fathers “Hero’s Wall”. She arrives a naive idealist, and leaves emotionally scarred with no hope of support when she gets home.

In Vietnam, Frankie meets her best friends, who will always be there for her - two equally amazing women. They help her through PTSD, the end of relationships and substance abuse. The three women join the fight for recognition of Vietnam vets - where they are repeatedly told that they couldn’t have been there.

This book is in two parts: Vietnam and its aftermath, and honestly, both halves are equally harrowing.

This is such a powerful story. A story wanting recognition for the female nurses in Vietnam. It certainly puts their experiences out there for everyone to see.

The Women will be a book that I’ll be forcing into friends hands with the promise that they’ll love it, but they’ll be traumatised (I believe I made similar warnings to friends after I read The Nightingale).

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Dean (6921 KP) rated Full Metal Jacket (1987) in Movies

Nov 5, 2017

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

1987 | Action, Drama, War

9

8.5

(45 Ratings)

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Hard hitting war film

One of the best war films around and possibley the best about Vietnam. It's very gritty and violent. A powerful film that sticks long in the memory.

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Sep 28, 2017

From war-torn South Vietnam to the apartment of supernatural stoners to a psychedelic plane of reality inside a laundry machine, the best comic books of 2017 (thus far) have taken readers to some fascinating places.

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Simon Hanselmann’s previous two Megg & Mogg books — 2014’s Megahex and 2016’s Megg and Mogg...

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Barry Newman (204 KP) rated Mark Wiens in YouTube Channels

Feb 9, 2020

Mark Wiens

Travel & Events

8

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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My go to guy for travel and food videos to immerse myself in before I travel anywhere. Enthusiastic , passionate and unlike many You Tube vloggers not bloody irritating. Particularly enjoyed his stuff on Vietnam and Japan.

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Full Metal Jacket (1987) in Movies

Aug 9, 2017

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

1987 | Action, Drama, War

9

8.5

(45 Ratings)

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Nail-biting watch, extremely dark war movie

Stanley Kubrick's dark war film shows how humanity in soldiers are broken down during the Vietnam war. From a sadistic senior official to watching horrors of war, it's claustrophobic and nerve-wracking.

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Afghanistan '11 in Apps

Nov 21, 2017

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Afghanistan '11 Trailer

Afghanistan '11 is the sequel to the highly praised and innovative Vietnam '65. It enhances and builds on it: Afghanistan '11 changes the paradigm of wargaming and manages to bring Counter-Insurgency and guerrilla warfare to your screen.

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Jason Hall recommended The Deer Hunter (1978) in Movies (curated)

The Deer Hunter (1978)

1978 | Drama, War

8.3

(23 Ratings)

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"It buries you in the aesthetic of the blue collar steel-town life. Cimino took a script about Russian roulette in Las Vegas and relocated it to Vietnam, and, though historically inaccurate, he created an allegory that perfectly explained the nature of war."

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Morgan Neville recommended Leave No Trace (2018) in Movies (curated)

"Debra Granik’s last film was the excellent 2014 documentary “Stray Dog” about a Vietnam vet living on the lower rungs of American society. “Leave No Trace” pays that forward, capturing people on the fringe of society with empathy. It’s heartbreaking, messy and beautiful."

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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Apocalypse Now (1979) in Movies

Jan 3, 2018

Apocalypse Now (1979)

1979 | Action, Drama, War

9

8.7

(37 Ratings)

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I love the smell of Napalm in the morning

Probably one the best iconic war films of all time. Sheen and Brando give an interesting look into two different personalities in this Vietnam war drama takes place. Not your everyday war movie but, it never disappoints.

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Mario Van Peebles recommended Easy Rider (1969) in Movies (curated)

Easy Rider (1969)

1969 | Action, Drama

7.6

(7 Ratings)

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"Easy Rider was one I remember that just seemed to be the Peace and Freedom Party movement, in a way, reflected on screen. [Editor’s note: the Peace and Freedom Party was an organization founded in California in 1967 with the goal of ending the Vietnam War.]"

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ClareR (5561 KP) rated The Women in Books

May 5, 2024

Dean (6921 KP) rated Full Metal Jacket (1987) in Movies

Nov 5, 2017

Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Sep 28, 2017

The Best Comics of 2017 So Far

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Barry Newman (204 KP) rated Mark Wiens in YouTube Channels

Feb 9, 2020

Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Full Metal Jacket (1987) in Movies

Aug 9, 2017

Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Afghanistan '11 in Apps

Nov 21, 2017

Afghanistan '11 Trailer

Jason Hall recommended The Deer Hunter (1978) in Movies (curated)

Morgan Neville recommended Leave No Trace (2018) in Movies (curated)

Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Apocalypse Now (1979) in Movies

Jan 3, 2018

Mario Van Peebles recommended Easy Rider (1969) in Movies (curated)