Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

105 reviews

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Sexual content

chandlerkl's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Suicide

bxnny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Excrement, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, and Pregnancy

daniellereadslikealot_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Well, I finally read this one! It’s easy to see why so many people loved this book. Isabelle and Vianne are two characters that will stick with me for a very long time. I loved that while they seemed incredibly different, at their cores, they were both trying to survive and do what they could to help others. It is a long book and understandably so, covering much of WWII, but I was never bored or waiting for action to happen. Even in the more mundane scenes of every day life, I felt completely swept up in this story. It is not an easy read, which I’m sure is obvious by the time period covered. The ruthlessness, cruelty and hatred the Nazis showed was unimaginable. I cried several times. However, there are still so many moments of great bravery, friendship and love in this book amid all the horrors going on. I’m very glad I read this book. 

CW: genocide, rape, death of a child, mentions of miscarriages, murder, death, mentions of cancer, war, antisemitism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Sexual violence, Torture, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

hadleyc22's review against another edition

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

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing

amalia_tealeaf's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Torture

Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent

The rape scene is on the verge of being graphic, but it is brief and then mentions of injuries such as bruises are noted later. Antisemitism because it’s WWII and there is a lot of the story that centers around maltreatment of Jewish people. There is not extensive description of torture or concentration camps. There are a few scenes that describe war injuries fairly graphically which often lead to death. Some these were also children.

opplecopter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Suicide, and Excrement

stephliljazz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was a tearjerking, inspiring, dark historical fiction about German occupied France and the things the French did to fight the Nazi, help allies and survive the war. I was a mess finishing this book. The hang over is a lot. 
I'm going to share some quotes.
"I know that grief, like regret, settles into our DNA and remains forever a part of us."
"The past has a clearity I can no longer see in the present."
"Does one follow a leader blindly?"
And my favorite.
"Americans. They didn't listen."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

mccormicke2's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Torture, Antisemitism, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation