Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

53 reviews

mbedrosian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

Whoa. This book is heavy. 
It made me cry, not necessarily due to the sad parts but due to the weight of this story. It's intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Antisemitism, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Genocide, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

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

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

Minor: Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Cancer

krdavis02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Rape

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

2.5

Classic Kristin Hannah trauma porn with a heaping helping of Nazi sympathizing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Torture, Death, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Child death, and Child abuse

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

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

graciejames121's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War

_emma_rose_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

 I genuinely can't explain why this book didn't get a higher rating from me. It's an objectively good book, in my opinion, but it didn't quite awe me the way I expected it to. If you're on the fence, read it! It's not a waste of time by any stretch of the imagination.
It should be noted that I would recommend it for readers 18+. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

anisyrah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Xenophobia, War, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Torture, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Infertility

texassizedreads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism and Child death

Minor: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, War, Torture, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Genocide, and Cancer

parkyparkpark's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, and Torture

Moderate: Gore, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Vomit