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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

399 reviews

paigecrichards's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

amandavreeland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment

rachelwaldenfinn's review against another edition

challenging hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and War

Minor: Sexual violence and Violence

megan_wy's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

So amazing, heartbreaking, emotional, and beautiful. This book was worth every second and every page 🤍 The author writes in a way that makes you feel and truly connect with both main characters. I really appreciated the steady, but not too confusing, transitions between their points of view in the novel. Their growth was really so interesting and heartfelt to read. You truly connect and experience every single emotion with them. The story also highlights the strength and power in women in historical moments that are almost always surrounded around the highlights of men. You will feel empowered, scared, brave, ambitious, and extremely emotional. I love the female empowerment, romance, family and platonic love, and determination in the writing. The book shows that love is what can keep people strong in the most traumatic times. Wounds heal. Love lasts. 🩵

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Pregnancy

davis_evans's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book on Audible. With so many French and German name, towns, and words it was helpful to have the pronunciation to keep track of everything. 
Great story. Well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

elaineharlington's review against another edition

challenging dark

4.5

I tend to stay away from World War II books, just because there’s usually a plethora of them and they’re often very very sad. This book follows two sisters in occupied France, and what they do during the time. It’s a historical fiction novel that takes us from the very start of the war, through the dark times of rationing and Nazi occupation, to the very end of the war. In this story, the character growth and development is astonishing of both sisters as war changes them both. Interspersed between the war narrative, there is the story of an elderly woman looking back at her past. I thought this is very well written, and to my limited knowledge felt historically accurate. All the characters are vividly painted, and their personalities jump off the page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Murder

maddiebrt's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, and War

mad_books_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

ksc2742'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? No

5.0

The high ratings and Reese’s Book Club drew me to this book. At first I wasn’t sure this was going to be above a 3 or 4 star for me, but Kristin Hannah wrote this book so well. I feel like when authors write about WWII they try to fit the entire war into one book and I feel like it does it a disservice. It often makes the war feel much shorter than it is, but Hannah some how managed to make you feel how long the war drug on without making the book feel like it was dragging on. She showed how long and hard the war was without losing the reader in that. I think that is a sign of a great author. Switching between the two sisters and then occasionally with 1995 helped to keep you more engaged. I was in between 4.5 and 5 stars until I read the end. The ending really pushed it to a 5 star read for me (and made me cry). 

Warning: This book is very good, but it is also hard and heavy. I walked away with a greater understanding of WWII, but some of those things were hard to hear and imagine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and War

This book is very good, but it is also hard and heavy. I walked away with a greater understanding of WWII, but some of those things were hard to hear and imagine.

priscillarobock's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Deportation