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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

Start date: February 1, 2019

Finish date: February 28, 2019

Discussion: MODERN / POPULAR READS

Why we're reading this: Group pick for Feb. ‘19 - Modern Classic/Popular
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Jan 02, 2015 Jayme Pendergraft rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2015, src-spring-2015

Wow, what a beautiful book! The two women in this book are incredible. One is already a spitfire and the other is forced into action by the circumstances of French occupation during WWII. This novel really gave me a feel for what it may have been like in France during that time period. I've read novels of the resistance and occupation before but never got such a feeling of actually being there.

I thought I had it all figured out, but there's a twist in the end that surprised me. I spent the last ...more

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Jan 11, 2018 Denise rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction

Gorgeous and heart wrenching story. Love historical fiction, and this one didn't disappoint! 4.25-4.5 rating. ...more

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Oct 27, 2016 superawesomekt rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-club, historical-fiction, ww2, ww1

What a gripping read! I read almost the entire thing today because I knew I wouldn't sleep well if I didn't finish it :)

For the action-packed narrative that this is, the book still had sensuous, evocative descriptions that recreate the exotic settings (do we call France exotic? it still kind of is to this American). I would be interested in reading more by Kristin Hannah, as I think she does an excellent job with the storytelling and writing, and, what's just as important, I can tell she has a g ...more

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Jul 24, 2017 Julia rated it liked it

Shelves: audio-books, history, read-women-2017, around-the-world, read-around-the-world

Not as spectacularly well written as All the Light You Cannot See, but still a worthwhile book. The author did a great job showing the pain everybody (other than the German soldiers) experienced.
There were some historical details I wasn't sure about (I've been told that people didn't know about the horrors of the camps until they were freed by the allies, for instance).

Isabelle Rossignol is loosely based on the life of Andee (DeDee) de Jongh, and the Nightingale line was a representation of t ...more

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Mar 06, 2019 Dora rated it really liked it

Shelves: bookgroup

Very difficult to read, in parts, but overall well written and compelling, especially once the Nightingale becomes active.

What bothered me the most, oddly, was the transition from the end of the book to the acknowledgments. It moved from a rather somber/serious ending to a cheerful thanks to all the people who ever helped the author.

Need to think about the book more, overall, before adding to the review.

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