Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

9 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

Omg was the ending so sad and depressing, but also so inspiring. This was such an interesting and important story, to read about these women who have been forgotten from the war and all that they did. The story or family and friendship and survival was just so beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

shelbymacandcheese's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

2.5

I feel like it's a cool concept but there's so many inaccuracies in what it's supposed to be, I'm having a hard time keeping interested. Frustratingly inaccurate from a historical point, which I get it's a fictional world... But it's so hard to stay entertained. R@pe, racism and violence. And honestly so far I don't understand how the main character is heroic, seems more hell bent on revenge.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Gaslighting

jdjd2025's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

ginadapooh's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hoshimoshi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? N/A

4.25

I loved this book so much. I have never had a book make me cry this much towards the end. You grow to love the characters throughout their hardships during ww2 and the relationships they establish with each other, as well as the missed connections. 

Trigger warning: Theres a lot of descriptions of traumatic events and actions during ww2 and nazi invasion in france. I know its historical fiction but it’s still traumatic nonetheless. 

Theres a lot of sisterhood and motherhood themes. Its an inspiring story revolved around strong women. The POV switches to 3 main points. One of the sisters retelling the story as an elder, one sister during the war, and the other sister durng the war. At first it was confusing but later on you can see that it was the best possible way to reach that impact you build on from envisioning every aspect of this storytelling, past and present. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

although theres some heavy themes and trigger warnings its a light book and plenty of people get saved. Its inspiring and definitely worth the read.

patslibrary'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Religious bigotry

shibaunited's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

alishakohn's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

A must read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol