Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

416 reviews

piyalein's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

emandert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Deportation, Genocide, Suicide, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, War, Antisemitism, Miscarriage, Violence, Homophobia, Rape, and Alcoholism

hiphannah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

Writing this through my tears. It was so well written, so heart-wrenchingly real. Even though these women are fictional, I can see the thousands and thousands of real women who suffered yet saved lives.

BTW, the way she kept the flashback mysterious until the end??? 😩😭

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, War, and Torture

eesamel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Child death, Police brutality, Pregnancy, War, Racial slurs, Grief, Infertility, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Vomit, Miscarriage, and Xenophobia

saam_brownn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An absolutely incredible book from beginning to end. I was extremely emotional; I often felt what the main characters did along with them. While I could never possibly understand what they were going through to its core, I hurt when they hurt, I was apprehensive throughout the book as they were, etc. I have always been fascinated with historical fiction books though I’ve found myself drawn mostly to WWII books. That said, I absolutely loved this book and how considerately detailed it was given the heavy and heartbreaking topics that Kristin Hannah had to describe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Physical abuse, War, Genocide, Cancer, Torture, Kidnapping, Violence, Pregnancy, Child death, and Antisemitism

danicalaguna's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book had a compelling storyline and was utterly filled with sadness. There were details written specifically about children in the book’s setting of WWII France that were heart wrenching and I honestly had to skim past some of it as a new mom. I couldn’t read the book fast enough simply to know if there was any hope or redemption at the end. I would say there was redemption in the end, but the devastation that occurs in the story and to the characters outweighs the hurried redemptive ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, War, Deportation, Child death, and Rape

silverhill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Child death, Deportation, Gore, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, War, Medical content, Torture, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, and Genocide

Moderate: Vomit, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity, Cancer, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

stan2long's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Among the 5-stars books that I have read this one is at, or near the top.   But given the brutal and realistic Nazi portrayals, it’s also devastatingly difficult to endure at times. The author has done a fantastic job of bringing out the feeling of living through it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Murder

alf1990's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism and Rape

yareader868's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape