Reviews tagging 'War'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

628 reviews

sarahbstrickland's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Antisemitism, and War

steenmies's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Lovely book. It’s very easy to read through the chapters, even from the beginning I was hooked. Even though you know what the book is about, the rough outline of world war 2, there were many moments where I gasped and was baffled at what was happening. The story is written very well, I loved the characters. Reading the book brought up a wide range of emotions, anger, sadness etc. It was truly a lovely book to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Lesbophobia

sariereads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

noel_k's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I defy you not to cry at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

lotusspages's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.0

such a beautiful and well written book. it may not be historically accurate, but it definitely touches a soft spot in our hearts.

when you see the situation through each sister's eyes... you find yourself hoping and praying for a happy ending. you hope to see some joy among so many losses.

and you do, you get a heartbreaking celebration of life. a tribute to courage and bravery. because both of them saved so many, saved their families and friends. saved their history. they left a mark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and War

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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: Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

One of the saddest books I’ve ever read

maddie_crt's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

baearles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, and Deportation

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

fabergegirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

I can tell why this novel is one of Kristin Hannah’s most popular. It was refreshing to read about WWII and the holocaust from a woman’s perspective; there was a passage at the end that really touched me when the narrator was talking about the different ways men and women confront memories of tragedy and trauma. Kristin Hannah loves to explore oppositional, familial relationships as well as internal vs. external conflict. I was especially invested in Herr Beck’s character and have a million questions about his morals and motives! I admire that she demonstrates both sisters’ strengths in different ways. The ending had a very satisfying full circle moment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, and War

annanoel81's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War