Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

302 reviews

hannah_solly17's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, and Miscarriage

tciriaco's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

A beautifully written book. It shows how emotionally draining and gut wrenching these times were. I think the author does a wonderful job showing the decay in both sister’s emotional and physical decay. 
Loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

taysquared's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexual violence and Grief

hillea's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

When I first started reading I thought "wow it's taking a while for me to get into this..." and then next thing I knew it was 1am and I'm 15 chapters deep. 🤣 this book made me feel every single emotion possible and I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and War

franklola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

jesy'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Grab tissues. 

The story about love found during absolute tribulation is so profound. A tale of friendship, family, survival, humble heros, and  unexpected strength during a time of disgusting tragedy. I couldn't put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

nickibreading's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

This book was really, really good. I loved the concept and the twists, as well as split narratives. I was happy that it was so long because I wanted to spend more time reading it. However, I didn’t like the way that it was written. Too many adjectives, lotssss of coincidences slash things that didn’t feel realistic

(like Isabelle and Gaetan meeting and falling in love in the woods. Like what??)

, also a few moments where I was like … I wish this historical fiction was more historically accurate. The characters were a little bit too much the center of the entire world/everyone fell in love with them and wanted to do what they said. It felt like a modern story where everyone was just dressed up as people from WW2 -

even the descriptions of concentration camps/SA were not heart wrenching

. The ending, however…wow. This story would’ve been a five for me if it focused on Vianne, cut the romance, and had a more historically accurate description. Too fluffy, but perfect example of how a moving book that I enjoyed reading (aka, I sobbed) doesn’t have to be a five star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and War

rachelmk8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and War

fishfrylibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book broke my heart and wrapped me up in the hug I didn't know I needed. It is gut wrenching as the other reviews have mentioned but I see why so many people recommend this book. As cliche as it sounds, I couldn't put it down. I was reading Iron Flame and pushed that to the side once I started reading this. I learned, I loved, my jaw hit the floor. I will tell everyone about this book. You must read it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

kedler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is the first book in a long time that made me cry. It is slower paced in my opinion, but so so worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault