Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

85 reviews

theycallmerash's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Miscarriage, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Police brutality

sjexley's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.5

Thanks to @readingwithcarolsclub, I can finally move this off of my TBR!  A beautiful and heartbreaking story of two sisters in France during WW2, this took me a little bit to get into. But the author's descriptions of war and survival were so captivating...and girlfriend can tell a STORY.  It went from good to great in the last 100 pages of the book for me, and it you are a fan of historical fiction, I think you will really enjoy it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Rape and Alcohol

mothballmars's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

This would not have been a book that I picked up on my own. I don't remember how it was recommended to me, but I'm glad it was. It is an intense, emotional journey of two French sisters during WW2 and how women helped with the war effort. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Vomit

romeyhomey's review against another edition

dark inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

This was a beautiful read and I couldn't let go of the book in the last chapters.
I know it's a work of fiction, but when it depicts something so absolutely heartbreaking, at times almost unbearable to read, I don't want to give out an opinion - I feel like it doesn't really matter.

The last six words of the book are absolutely beautiful, as is the rest of it of course - although beautiful is not the word I'd choose. It'll stay in my head and in my heart a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Rape

kindred_spirit_96's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

chasekj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

Cried at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bellagasparro's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Sexual assault

aydmuuye's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Abandonment

drewsbooklist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

Minor: Homophobia

m1m1m1m1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, War, and Deportation