The Nightingale in Our Shared Shelf

Sep 05, 2018 Denise Cormaney rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books

I put off reading this book because it falls into one of two genres that I tend to stay away from these days: WWII/Holocaust stories and Civil War/Slavery stories. I've read so many books in these two categories that I cant believe there is anything new to say. And both of these genres take such an emotional toll to read that I have to be really compelled to pick it up.

If you are an avid reader of contemporary fiction, then you know this book was big when it came out a few years ago. It was on a ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Apr 06, 2017 Alexis rated it liked it

Shelves: bookclub

I love novels set in WWII Europe. This one was just a bit too melodramatic for me. It seemed like the author tried to fit every single thing she had researched about WWII atrocities into her plot line. It actually felt like too much. Like a watered-down, overly plot-y, chick-lit version of a war story. Didn't hate it, but out of all of the really beautiful and affecting novels about the time period, I wouldn't recommend this one. ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Jul 20, 2015 Dana Berglund rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-for-grown-ups

This book lived up to my every expectation of it. It's worth the hype, even if you've already read the other blockbuster WWII books of the last two years. The descriptions were beautiful, the two narrative perspectives were distinct, and the pacing was excellent. It is amazing to me that a writer can tell the stories of two very different sisters, in unbelievably trying times, so well, and in a way that feels fresh and new. I've been reading WWII fiction nearly all my life, and yet Hannah has ma ...more

Like · see review

Apr 24, 2016 Michelle rated it it was amazing

This book was engaging, griping and moving. A story of family, love, war and survival. I couldn't put it down! ...more

Like · see review

Jul 14, 2015 Katie rated it it was amazing

First off I must tell you that I love historical fiction. It is one of my favorite genres so if you don’t like it, perhaps you should skip this review and possibly the book because this is me being subjective.
I liked it. It took me longer than I’d like to get into it and to really like a character but I stuck with it and it got me hooked. It’s about two very different French sisters and how they survived in occupied France during World War II. I’ll admit, I even teared up a bit at the end. Once ...more

Like · see review