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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

265 reviews

letyreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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

5.0

 5/5

This epic story was beautiful written, it's a masterpiece! 
While reading Kristin Hannah's work, you are immersed into the story; as emotional and difficult it can be to read about war, heartbreak, parent's sacrifice, death, you won't regret reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape

gmatts_709's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This is one of the best books I’ve ever read and will never read it again. It is a deeply moving story of every form of love and how it’s impacted by the terrors of war, loss, and grief. I have never read a more powerful or heartbreaking love story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Murder, Abandonment, and War

natalialg236's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

booksbri's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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: Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage

kjlewis494's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

isabelboswinkel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Rape, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Deportation

dkamada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

fablemoss2424's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I just finished the book and can’t quite articulate all the thoughts in my head about it. Vianne and Isabelle are wonderfully written, vivid, flawed, beautiful characters and following their two very different paths through surviving WW2 in occupied France was tense and intriguing, but also heartbreaking. Excellent character development, even for background characters. I thought the beginning was too slow, and some scenes seemed extraneous or sort of randomly slotted in amidst the greater plots, but on the whole, I do think the scenes helped develop Isabelle and Vianne. The Nightingale thing was interesting (though if their last name means Nightingale and the Nazis speak French, I wonder that they didn’t make the connection but needs must for plot), and I liked how vivid Carriveau and Paris felt. The ending destroyed me, even if it felt really rushed compared to the rest of the book. Like we built up to the end of the war and then sort of sped run through it in about 60-70 pages which, for a 500+ page book, was a bit annoying. 

This isn’t a higher star rating for me because I could put it down and walk away instead of having to keep reading to find out what happened next (plus pacing issues, some plot point grievances especially with the ending) but I think that’s a good thing given the nature of the book. At times, especially the last maybe 150 pages, it got pretty brutal. The book doesn’t shy away from the horrors the Nazis committed during the war, and the ending made me ugly cry because it was just so…sad, and bittersweet,  do also rage-inducing *SPOILERS* because Isabelle’s ending and Ari’s story and being taken away, while realistic, made me so freaking angry *SPOILERS*

A really good book, and one I do recommend if you like her writing and WW2 historical fiction, but keep in mind that, like I said above, the book doesn’t shy away from the horrors of war. Especially at the end when the story really picks up steam without enough time to really explore it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Rape, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

becg's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Murder, and War

soygenesisojeda's review against another edition

emotional sad tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

No sé qué pensar, me pasaré por aquí en unos días para calificar y escribir una reseña 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Rape, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Violence