Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

125 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

This book devastated me. The plot is so intricately woven together, the female protagonists are both incredibly brave and interesting, the historical pieces are flawlessly researched and rendered. I hadn’t considered the war from this many perspectives or through the different scenarios that unfolded in the course of this novel. I wept for the bravery, the sacrifice, and the love that encompassed WW2 and that this novel highlights. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Bullying, Kidnapping, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, War, and Pregnancy

faeraebae91's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, War, Rape, and Gun violence

allikay14's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual harassment, Death, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child death, Deportation, Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Gun violence, Rape, War, Pregnancy, and Racism

lsaunder0724's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

3.75

If you read lots of WWII historical fiction, you may find this to be a tad lacking in comparison to other books of this subject matter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Deportation, Death, Gun violence, Child death, Antisemitism, and Torture

Moderate: Sexism, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

lmayfieldx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Gun violence, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Deportation, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, and Rape

kaylokay_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious 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: Domestic abuse, War, Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Ableism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Grief, Rape, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Child death, Confinement, Death, Deportation, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cancer

thattheatrekid'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a beautiful, moving, heartbreaking, masterful book. This told the story of WW2 through the eyes of the French and was an insightful glimpse into how slowly but insidiously the Holocaust progressed. There were some scenes that were graphic and I cried a lot through the book, but the character and story arcs were immaculate. The pacing was also very smooth, despite covering long periods of time and even jumping into the future for some chapters. 

The only pitfalls of this book were that it was hard to get into because it started rather slow, and it got a little preachy in its feminist messaging at times. But I truly loved this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Deportation, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Death, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape

meaganb914's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Rape, Violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Grief, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, War, Deportation, Death, Genocide, and Sexual violence

stephabee_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Hate crime, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Child death

Minor: Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Rape, and Cancer

leannaleanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Police brutality, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Rape, and War