Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

14 reviews

sierrabedwell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? N/A

5.0

Wow! I didn’t think I could ever enjoy a historical fiction but this book proved me so wrong! This story about two sisters living through WWII in France was a work of art. The characters felt real and there was several times on the way to and from work where I audibly gasped from what happened in the audiobook. Even if you don’t like historical fiction, I recommend this book!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Vomit, Violence, War, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Genocide, Grief, Sexual assault, Blood, Cursing, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Torture, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Cancer, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

hadleyc22's review

dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Racism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, War, Sexual content, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Torture, Slavery, Rape, Blood, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Death

erinvasut's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Genocide, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Blood, Murder, Rape, Slavery, War, Child abuse, Body horror, Child death, Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Deportation, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Torture

kwheeler12's review

emotional inspiring sad 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

Incredible read, I struggled to work through the beginning of the book as I don’t understand French but slowly I made up words and continued on. This book made me feel so many feelings deep in my heart. So much pain for the loss that was World War 2. The characters, the growth, I cried multiple times reading this. I will be recommending to everyone!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Rape, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Alcoholism, Deportation, and Child abuse

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

Sounded like it was right up my alley and I really wanted to like it

Too overly descriptive for my tastes and the French phrases thrown in feel so forced and definitely scream “an American who is obsessed with Paris wrote this”

Some lines made me roll my eyes and I was physically cringing from the beginning

 The book is basically the same plot as every non-Jewish, women focused WW2 novel/tv show/movie regurgitated

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2537754688 excellent explanations on how this book is harmful in its inaccuracies of the Holocaust and antisemitism in France. As a history nerd it’ll only make me more angry if I continued. If you want a book set in WW2 set in France, please read Sarah’s Key as it’s actually historically accurate about how the French treated Jewish people 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism and Body shaming

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, and Child abuse

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Pregnancy, Rape, War, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, and Murder

tbell0211's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.0

I know they can’t all have a happy ending but I was absolutely devastated by a particular major character’s ending and I felt like it was an injustice to the story as a whole 😞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Vomit, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, War, and Xenophobia

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Torture, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Cancer, Excrement, and Suicide

readblend's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

patslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gaslighting, Antisemitism, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Moderate: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Homophobia, Vomit, and Excrement

Minor: Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Cancer