Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Die Nachtigall by Kristin Hannah

119 reviews

marine2907's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Cancer, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Deportation, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Torture, and War

lindseygcarden'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Amazing writing.  Made me cry and have all the feels for what happened in WW2

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, Infertility, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, War, and Religious bigotry

bearpolar's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Starts a little slow but becomes difficult to put down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Deportation

Moderate: War, Antisemitism, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, and Cancer

sammietee's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Deportation, Child death, Genocide, Rape, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

sarahbiegelsen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Murder, Violence, Child death, Grief, War, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Torture, Confinement, Police brutality, Deportation, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

dudette's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

 Such a disapointment after reading "The Four Winds". All good historical fictions transport you to the past and you truly believe the events really happened (like "The Four Winds"). "The Nightingale" sounded fake from beginning to end. Which is a shame because the story was inspired by Andrée de Jongh, who helped downed Allied pilots escape Nazi territory. So it doesn't do her any justice. Hannah managed to make the strong women of WWII look weak somehow.

Everything has been manipulated to fit the plot and it seems like a joke. Even the sad parts are treated loosely. Excuse my judgment, but it does feel that an American wrote about a French story for the Americans and for Hollywood. All the clichés are there.

The novel got a bit better after the disappearance of the "decent" Nazi which turned it into a 2-star book for me. Therefore, it is probably a good recommendation for someone who hasn't read too many stories about the French resistance or the life during the WWII. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, War, Child death, Antisemitism, and Rape

Moderate: Deportation, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Grief

ashconklin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Grief, Genocide, Rape, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, Death of parent, Gun violence, Death, Blood, War, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

jessicaebler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: War, Violence, Torture, Grief, Rape, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Genocide, Child death, Cancer, Blood, and Antisemitism

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Pregnancy, Rape, War, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Death, Deportation, Domestic abuse, and Murder

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Genocide, Torture, Hate crime, Confinement, Blood, Antisemitism, War, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy