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A review by bookstorian
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
4.0
📖 REVIEW 📖
The fact that I hadn't yet read this book made me ashamed to call myself a historical fiction girlie so when the mood struck to pick up a historical fiction read I knew I had to reach for The Nightingale. I had been so fatigued by WWII fiction and so this book has sat on my TBR, and my shelf for many years. Here's my thoughts.
➕️ Consumed, moved and addicted to reading this novel, especially the first 75%.
➕️How beautifully Kristin Hannah captures the fragility of life
➕️Engaging plot, love how the writer creates mystery in the contemporary time line
➕️The perspective of two French women who were impacted by the war on the home front
➖️Some incredibly graphic and harrowing scenes that were very uncomfortable to read. Recommend you check content warnings.
➖️ There was something lacking in Isabelle's love story. I wasn't overly invested because I couldn't grasp the chemistry between the two.
✍️ "I love you too," she said but the words that always seemed too big felt small now. What was love when put up against war?
🛍 I purchased my copy years ago from Mary Ryan's at New Farm
The fact that I hadn't yet read this book made me ashamed to call myself a historical fiction girlie so when the mood struck to pick up a historical fiction read I knew I had to reach for The Nightingale. I had been so fatigued by WWII fiction and so this book has sat on my TBR, and my shelf for many years. Here's my thoughts.
➕️ Consumed, moved and addicted to reading this novel, especially the first 75%.
➕️How beautifully Kristin Hannah captures the fragility of life
➕️Engaging plot, love how the writer creates mystery in the contemporary time line
➕️The perspective of two French women who were impacted by the war on the home front
➖️Some incredibly graphic and harrowing scenes that were very uncomfortable to read. Recommend you check content warnings.
➖️ There was something lacking in Isabelle's love story. I wasn't overly invested because I couldn't grasp the chemistry between the two.
✍️ "I love you too," she said but the words that always seemed too big felt small now. What was love when put up against war?
🛍 I purchased my copy years ago from Mary Ryan's at New Farm
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Child death, War, and Death of parent