Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

19 reviews

drewsbooklist's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Child death, Death, Deportation, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Torture, War, Excrement, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Genocide, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Blood

Minor: Homophobia

aublyn105's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

 4.75 stars<3

i loved this novel so much it hurts. i wasn't expecting to read it as fast as i did, buy i had to it was THAT good. every character was interesting to me, and the plot was perfect. i'm glad there is more awareness being brought upon the WOMEN who struggled and fought to survive through this war. not only men were apart of war people! i would definitely pick this up again, and i can't wait to see the film.

"how can i start at the beginning, when all i can think about is the end?" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Child death, Violence, Death, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Excrement, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Minor: Cancer and Pregnancy

lindseygcarden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Amazing writing.  Made me cry and have all the feels for what happened in WW2

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, Infertility, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, War, and Religious bigotry

emmamcelderry's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Child death, Sexual violence, Excrement, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

meganmalonefranklin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Deportation, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Torture, Abandonment, Death of parent, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Homophobia

marisarayden's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Hate crime, Death, Sexual assault, and Genocide

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Cancer, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, and Alcoholism

Minor: Excrement

tbell0211's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.0

I know they can’t all have a happy ending but I was absolutely devastated by a particular major character’s ending and I felt like it was an injustice to the story as a whole 😞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Vomit, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, War, and Xenophobia

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Torture, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Cancer, Excrement, and Suicide

maddiet425's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Antisemitism, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Gore, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Cancer, Racism, Miscarriage, Murder, Torture, Genocide, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Excrement, and Medical content

Loved the ending, but the rest of the book moved pretty slowly, and the whole thing, like many historical fiction books, felt like it was glamorizing trauma and pain by putting characters in the worst situations and then making some deep message about it once they survived

slama_llama's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Coming from a totally different part of the world, our history books do not cover WW2 in much detail other than highlighted names and dates and a few important accounts. This book is a historical fiction and not reality, it helped me peek at the horror that war is (yes, I understand that this is the water down, digestible, slightly romanticised version of the reality). I realised that there are so many ways that war affects people’s regular, everyday lives. So many ways it affects children- the intensity and the subtler effects never occurred to me. 
And this is not a thing of the past. There countries that are still at war, and things much worse than what is described here is happening to them, right now. Even with the resources we have, they are not receiving the aids they deserve. 
It might not be completely related to the content of this book, but I was reminded so many times how important it is that we keep remembering the past, our mistakes and it’s horrors, so we can manage our present in a way that we don’t have to relive it. 
This book was peppered with references to incidents and places I’ve never heard of and wish to learn a little more about. 
I appreciate the book and it’s writing. The last few chapters felt a bit cliche, but I liked the neat way the book ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Genocide, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Excrement, Religious bigotry, Violence, Grief, Confinement, and Rape

Minor: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Cancer, and Miscarriage