Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

27 reviews

sammietee's review

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Deportation, Child death, Genocide, Rape, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

clamel07's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Hate crime, Rape, Grief, Blood, Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, War, Torture, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

marisarayden's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Hate crime, Death, Sexual assault, and Genocide

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Cancer, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, and Alcoholism

Minor: Excrement

jaihams's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Deportation, War, Genocide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage

marybsimp's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Child death, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexism, Confinement, Deportation, Genocide, Misogyny, War, Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

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

rachelcrosley's review

emotional inspiring sad 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: Pregnancy, Torture, War, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

mattiedancer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Writing: 4.75⭐️/5 

The writing is quite stunning. The prose is beautiful, weighted, and eloquent. There were some truly stunning standalone lines, but it also had a nice cohesion. Beyond that, it wasn’t a challenging writing style to read and was well-woven into the plot. 

Characters: 4.5⭐️/5

The characters were highly motivated and flawed, which meant that they felt uniquely human to me. The characterization of the Nazi soldiers was particularly detailed and complicated, leading to moments of pathos for these villains. At times, it felt like certain characters made very weird choices, but it was usually justified later. This just led to a slower understanding of characterization than I might have liked, but it wasn’t too jarring.

Plot: 4⭐️/5 

I know that this is kind of a fan-favourite book, so I’m reluctant to say this, but at times it felt like the author used trauma a bit reflexively to address human moments. Too many times did I know that a terrible scene was coming and, when it came, it was witnessed by one too many characters who we had grown to love, no matter how illogical it might be that they would have ended up witnessing it. I appreciate that this is dealing with the reality of war horrors that took place during WWII; however, at times, it just felt a bit too neat in how directly the trauma continuously happened. That being said, the overarching plot was really well done. I loved the story-within-a-story format that the grandmother at the beginning set up. Overall a solid plot with just a lot of trauma at the end. 

Post-Reading Rating:  4⭐️/5

The ending felt fine: necessary and complete. 

Who Should Read This? 

• Fans of WWII novels
• Fans of historical fiction
• Fans of Kristin Hannah
• Fans of real-life trauma books or books focusing on horrific moments

Final Rating: 4⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Misogyny, Racism, Antisemitism, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, War, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, and Cancer

Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Addiction, Infertility, and Abandonment