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A review by thisnursereads
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
5.0
⭐️5
“Don’t think about who they are. Think about who you are and what sacrifices you can live with and what will break you.”
True to Kristin Hannah's style, this book will break you, rebuild you and break you in a repetitive cycle that pulls at the heartstrings and causes tears to pour.
This is a WWII story but what makes it unique is that it focuses on the people left behind. The Nightingale tells the story of two french sisters and highlights the unsung heroes of war:
Vianne Mauriac, the eldest sister, who is forced to make impossible decision after impossible decision in order to keep her daughter safe after her husband is sent off to fight against the Nazis and her small town in France becomes overrun with German soldiers.
Isabelle Mauriac, the youngest sister, with a fire in her belly and a rebellious spirit, she joins the French resistance. Risking it all in order to follow her heart and do what she believes is right.
Which sister would I be?
What decisions would I make?
Would I be willing to risk my life to save strangers? Would I have survived this?
Could I have kept going?
These are the type of questions this book ignites in the reader and it is so beautifully tragic.
How could it not be?!
Please read this.
-Not a light read. Consider looking up the trigger warnings for this before reading.-
“Don’t think about who they are. Think about who you are and what sacrifices you can live with and what will break you.”
True to Kristin Hannah's style, this book will break you, rebuild you and break you in a repetitive cycle that pulls at the heartstrings and causes tears to pour.
This is a WWII story but what makes it unique is that it focuses on the people left behind. The Nightingale tells the story of two french sisters and highlights the unsung heroes of war:
Vianne Mauriac, the eldest sister, who is forced to make impossible decision after impossible decision in order to keep her daughter safe after her husband is sent off to fight against the Nazis and her small town in France becomes overrun with German soldiers.
Isabelle Mauriac, the youngest sister, with a fire in her belly and a rebellious spirit, she joins the French resistance. Risking it all in order to follow her heart and do what she believes is right.
Which sister would I be?
What decisions would I make?
Would I be willing to risk my life to save strangers? Would I have survived this?
Could I have kept going?
These are the type of questions this book ignites in the reader and it is so beautifully tragic.
How could it not be?!
Please read this.
-Not a light read. Consider looking up the trigger warnings for this before reading.-