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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

Start date: January 12, 2016

Finish date: January 31, 2016

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Apr 08, 2021 Anne OK rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2015-reads

In getting ready to do a re-read, I discovered today that I had never added this to my list of books read in 2015. Shame on me! This is one of my all-time favorite historical fictions.

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Mar 09, 2017 Angie Taylor rated it it was amazing

I loved this book. It was fascinating reading about the women's war during WWII. I loved the significance of the title and the multiple nuanced meanings as the story unfolded and the Nightingale was "caught." Probably my favorite book of 2017 so far. ...more

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Jun 10, 2017 Charlene rated it it was amazing

This was so beautiful, I cried. Best book so far this year.

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Aug 17, 2015 Krissy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: buddy-read, cover-color-blue, audiobook, pgs-400-499, book2film

Very good book.

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Jan 20, 2019 Shala rated it it was amazing

I'm so glad I finally read this book. It definitely lived up to all the hype. ...more

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Jul 21, 2020 Avigail rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: youtube-rec, audiobook, 2020, own, everand, physical-book, 5-stars

"The Nightingale," is my first Kristin Hannah book that I read, even though I have another of her books on my long TBR physical bookshelf.
Kristin Hannah's writing is prolific and captivating. The hype of this book is very understandable, and it is the reason that took me to pick it up. I listened to the audiobook through the Audible app. Polly Stone, the narrator, does a fantastic job narrating the book.
Yes, "The Nightingale" is another historical-fiction about WWII, and it takes in France. Bu ...more

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Sep 24, 2015 Karen D rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, family, favorite, cried-ugly-tears, wwii, 5-stars, zzhistoricalfiction

I didn't really like it at first. The storyline was certainly interesting, as (in my opinion) most historical fiction novels about WWII are. But the characters bothered me. They came across as fairly one-dimensional and the relationships didn't seem all that developed.

By the end, I was not thinking that at all. And while the characters may have been one-dimensional in the beginning, people can be one-dimensional also. And they all changed and grew, as did the relationships between them, througho ...more

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