Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

40 reviews

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

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

kaitlynmccully's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Abandonment

tabrock518's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

It took me quiet some time to get into the book but once I did I had to know how the story ended. There were quiet a few times I cried.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Slavery, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Murder

maxine_t96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

ashmcdaniel1621'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, and War

sarawagistrom's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

kassidyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Grief

jessrosenthal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

4 Stars
Slow to get in to but I really enjoyed the majority of the book, especially reading about Isabelle’s character. 
Circular plot with a VERY emotional ending (I sobbed).
Multiple parts of the book didn’t make sense (timings wise) and some plot lines were left unanswered.
One thing that annoyed me was that the book was more about romantic love than sisterly love and I wish it focused more on Vianne and Isabelle together. Following this point, I don’t think Isabelle needed a love interest, especially one that was present (physically or mentally) throughout the plot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Murder, and Pregnancy

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