Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

35 reviews

virgcole398's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury

dianewpuello's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A truly enjoyable and informative WW2 saga detailing the heroism of two sisters. Kristin Hannah’s incredible talent immerses the reader so effortlessly that one must remind oneself that it is 2025 and not German-occupied France. Personally, I learned so much from this novel. The novel often reminded me how little we are actually taught about world history. I appreciate Hannah’s aim to pull the curtain from our eyes: to see how women included themselves in the war, the challenges they faced, as well as how integral their actions were to the war effort. I guarantee you will love this tale of unsung heroes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Deportation

Moderate: Terminal illness

r_bowman_024's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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This was a great piece of storytelling and story weaving.  Points taken off due to some language scattered throughout, as well as some more mature themes being a bit more descriptive (though not explicit) than I would have preferred. If sexual assault is a trigger for you, I suggest you find a different novel. For those reasons, I recommend that the reader be out of their teenage years before reading this novel.

Taking place in France during WWII, this story follows the tale of two sisters, who endured and fought in two very different ways to save as many people as they could. As a mom, this book hit different than it would have in a previous season of my life, as it explores the heartbreak of loss that sits in tension with the joy that motherhood holds.

The ending was superb. It had every element that I suspected (as I got nearer to the conclusion) and wished for. I have nothing negative to say about it, whatsoever. It pushed my rating up a whole point, honestly.

All in all, this was a good historical fiction novel - just be aware of the warnings I listed at the top. Unfortunately, they are probably going to keep me from returning to this book in the future for a reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, War

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Murder, Sexual harassment

sestep's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this book has the tone of every other matt damon american-idealism-tinted wwii movie but with rivers of chick lit melodrama running through it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, War, Deportation

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content

kiara_telly's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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4 STARS🌟 This is heart-wrenching. It is beautifully written. I loved it and hated it at the same time. Made me realize how cruel the war really is. I don't want to go through these ugly feelings ever again. Otherwise this is a 5 star read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Racism, Slavery, Torture, Vomit

sunsummoner25's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful sad fast-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: Complicated

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This book gave me a whirlwind of emotions. I felt like I was in the story with the characters and I felt every emotion conveyed on the pages of this book. I now understand how grief, familial love, and friendship feels.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, War

mimi_201000's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Police brutality, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Pregnancy

I was bawling my eyes out for half the book. It honestly changed my perspective and i now understand the horrors of war. The writing style was beautiful and the emotions were written so well. It also portrayed the resilience of women very well. This is one of my favorite books now and ill probably cry whenever i remember it.

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I feel a lot of things about this book that I am not able to put into words. It’s beautiful and tragic, interwoven with this bleeding hope for something better.

I didn’t cry until the end, when she had to get rid of Arti, and the men were talking about how much they lost. How he is their future. Tears.

it was so emotional to read and informative. 100/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic

hanuhmckee's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Complicated

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As much as I feel like I should be writing paragraphs about my experience reading this book, for now, I’ll just leave it at “Wow, I loved that.” Maybe once I’ve had time to dry my eyes a bit, I’ll come back and leave something more detailed, but for now, this is all I got. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Antisemitism, Murder, War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Pregnancy

emilyatoz's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, War

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit