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A review by lauraslittlebooknook
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It has taken me a while to think on this review, to decide how to express my thoughts on this story.
Kristin Hannah’s writing is impeccable. She writes her stories in a way that makes you feel like you are living them, by reading them. Experiencing every moment along side the protagonists. Holding your breath with them, feeling your heart racing with their fears and being joy at their happiness.
This book is devastating. It is a beautifully written story of an utterly heartbreaking part of our world’s history.
We follow two sisters who reside in Nazi occupied France during the Second World War, and witness their vastly different, yet equally heroic, experiences of survival and strength and love while surrounded by true evil.
This book left me reeling. What would I do in either of the sisters positions. Would I be as strong as either of them? Would I stand up for what I believed in if my life, and that of my family, was truly on the line?
I cannot stop thinking about this book, and any book that evokes such strong emotions is utterly deserving of five stars.
Kristin Hannah’s writing is impeccable. She writes her stories in a way that makes you feel like you are living them, by reading them. Experiencing every moment along side the protagonists. Holding your breath with them, feeling your heart racing with their fears and being joy at their happiness.
This book is devastating. It is a beautifully written story of an utterly heartbreaking part of our world’s history.
We follow two sisters who reside in Nazi occupied France during the Second World War, and witness their vastly different, yet equally heroic, experiences of survival and strength and love while surrounded by true evil.
This book left me reeling. What would I do in either of the sisters positions. Would I be as strong as either of them? Would I stand up for what I believed in if my life, and that of my family, was truly on the line?
I cannot stop thinking about this book, and any book that evokes such strong emotions is utterly deserving of five stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism and Miscarriage