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A review by bbethcasas
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I’m a sucker for a WWII book and this one did not disappoint!
Vianne and Isabelle grew up in a very dysfunctional family, thanks to WWI. There are many wonderful fond memories until their dad went away to war… he comes back a different man. He drinks heavily and has no use for his daughters. When his wife dies of cancer, he pretty much ships the girls off to live with a neighbor woman who has no desire to raise someone else’s kids!
As a result the girls grow up with very dispositions and not terribly close. When the Germans start to impose rules of the French, the girls each have their own very different ideas about what should be done. Ideas that seem to drive an even bigger wedge between them. Even as war seems to push them further apart, they long to become closer, and pray to have the chance to tell the other how they feel as each day, things get harder and harder.
Vianne and Isabelle grew up in a very dysfunctional family, thanks to WWI. There are many wonderful fond memories until their dad went away to war… he comes back a different man. He drinks heavily and has no use for his daughters. When his wife dies of cancer, he pretty much ships the girls off to live with a neighbor woman who has no desire to raise someone else’s kids!
As a result the girls grow up with very dispositions and not terribly close. When the Germans start to impose rules of the French, the girls each have their own very different ideas about what should be done. Ideas that seem to drive an even bigger wedge between them. Even as war seems to push them further apart, they long to become closer, and pray to have the chance to tell the other how they feel as each day, things get harder and harder.