A review by scarlettreadsbooks
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It took me a while to get into but by the end I adored this story. Not many books have made me cry but I did tear up at the end; it was incredibly emotional and there was so many heartbreaking scenes. My favourite character was definitely Vianne - she felt like the most realistic. I also learnt so much from this book, from the resistance to collaborators, and the treatment of French citizens during the War. 

I’ll definitely be picking up more from Kristin Hannah! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder