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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

105 reviews

midnightstory's review against another edition

emotional 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

i cried lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Vomit, Medical content, and Pregnancy

letyreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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

 5/5

This epic story was beautiful written, it's a masterpiece! 
While reading Kristin Hannah's work, you are immersed into the story; as emotional and difficult it can be to read about war, heartbreak, parent's sacrifice, death, you won't regret reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape

rsheli's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Antisemitism, and War

booksbri's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage

dkamada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

katlanmechele's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

5.0

My favorite book of the year. I’ve never in my life had such an emotional reaction from a book. A once in a lifetime read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Rape

liv_neale's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, and Murder

katewhite77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

A Read You Cannot Forget 

The content is hard to read, but the quality of the writing and the gripping plot made it very hard to put down. 

We follow two sisters as they find very different ways to navigate their way through the Nazi occupation of France in World War 2. Vienne is a proud mother, wife, and rule follower living in the Loire Valley. She refuses to believe that there will be a war at all right up until her husband Pierre is called up.  Isobelle, meanwhile, is eighteen and has just been chucked out of the latest in a long line of boarding schools and is rebellious to  her core. Just as she arrives back in Paris, she is ordered by her troubled and  overbearing father straight back out again to join her sister. We also follow a 1990s timeline of an older woman remembering but wishing she didn’t have to. 

Like I say, this is not an easy read as it does not shy away from the horrors of war waged far from the front line where women and children endured a different kind of hell. The book captures so well how a child's innocence can be so utterly shattered in a war.

Sadly, this novel is all relevant in 2024.  When will the human race learn?

This is easily my book of the year so far, and Kristin Hannah is a new author to me, which is very exciting, and I can't wait to read more. I also recommend this for fans of The Eighth Life by Nino Haratchiwili.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Cancer

cmason101's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

baileewyatt's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

This book was amazing. I loved our two main characters and as heartbreaking as their struggles got, it felt so honest and raw that it was truly captivating. 

When I first started it was a little difficult to follow the timeline. I found myself getting confused which would take me out of the experience a little. That is the only reason I took off .25 because once the story started picking up, and especially in the latter half, I was so hooked. I didn't want to put it down. The last 5-10 pages got me right in the heart. I had made it through most of the book without crying but I did not get out unscathed because all of my tears had been saved up for those moments. 

This story is intense and it's not one meant to be read quickly so don't go in with that mindset. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves historical fiction, is looking for a book that will really touch you, or just loves a story about life and sisterhood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Murder, and War