Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

53 reviews

tbell0211'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I know they can’t all have a happy ending but I was absolutely devastated by a particular major character’s ending and I felt like it was an injustice to the story as a whole 😞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Vomit, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, War, and Xenophobia

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Torture, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Cancer, Excrement, and Suicide

readblend'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

maddiet425's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Antisemitism, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Gore, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Cancer, Racism, Miscarriage, Murder, Torture, Genocide, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Excrement, and Medical content

Loved the ending, but the rest of the book moved pretty slowly, and the whole thing, like many historical fiction books, felt like it was glamorizing trauma and pain by putting characters in the worst situations and then making some deep message about it once they survived

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

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, War, Blood, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Infertility, and Cancer

el13's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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

beautiful writing. the character development is amazing, and KH does a great job of showing the realities of war - the impossible choices, the hidden women's war, the victories that do not feel like victories

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Sexual violence, War, Sexual assault, and Violence

mattiedancer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Writing: 4.75⭐️/5 

The writing is quite stunning. The prose is beautiful, weighted, and eloquent. There were some truly stunning standalone lines, but it also had a nice cohesion. Beyond that, it wasn’t a challenging writing style to read and was well-woven into the plot. 

Characters: 4.5⭐️/5

The characters were highly motivated and flawed, which meant that they felt uniquely human to me. The characterization of the Nazi soldiers was particularly detailed and complicated, leading to moments of pathos for these villains. At times, it felt like certain characters made very weird choices, but it was usually justified later. This just led to a slower understanding of characterization than I might have liked, but it wasn’t too jarring.

Plot: 4⭐️/5 

I know that this is kind of a fan-favourite book, so I’m reluctant to say this, but at times it felt like the author used trauma a bit reflexively to address human moments. Too many times did I know that a terrible scene was coming and, when it came, it was witnessed by one too many characters who we had grown to love, no matter how illogical it might be that they would have ended up witnessing it. I appreciate that this is dealing with the reality of war horrors that took place during WWII; however, at times, it just felt a bit too neat in how directly the trauma continuously happened. That being said, the overarching plot was really well done. I loved the story-within-a-story format that the grandmother at the beginning set up. Overall a solid plot with just a lot of trauma at the end. 

Post-Reading Rating:  4⭐️/5

The ending felt fine: necessary and complete. 

Who Should Read This? 

• Fans of WWII novels
• Fans of historical fiction
• Fans of Kristin Hannah
• Fans of real-life trauma books or books focusing on horrific moments

Final Rating: 4⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Misogyny, Racism, Antisemitism, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, War, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, and Cancer

Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Addiction, Infertility, and Abandonment

hailhail's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-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 and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Gore

tojtwl's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

So beautiful, but so sad. I've read so many raving reviews about books by Kristin Hannah. I'm glad I gave it a try.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual violence, War, Antisemitism, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment