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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

Start date: January 12, 2016

Finish date: January 31, 2016

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Apr 07, 2015 Rebekah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-historical-fiction, genre-adult, genre-adult-fiction, rating-4, genre-romance, genre-cultural-france, genre-war, genre-womens-fiction-chick-lit, genre-world-war-ii-holocaust, genre-history-world-war-ii

This is a gripping story of the brave women in France who survived the German occupation and participated in the Resistance. This is an important story and one that is unfortunately not often told. The impact that war has on the innocent civilians is not one we often want to think about. The reason that I bumped it to 4 stars is I do not think the characters have an authentic French voice (they sound VERY American to me!) and it got a tad sentimental, even though it worked, I cried the last prob ...more

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Jun 13, 2020 Kelly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Breathtaking

This book was incredible. Descriptive, heartbreaking, and full of courage. It left me weeping, and reminded of the strength of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable horrors. Gut wrenching, terrifying, and beautiful.

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Dec 07, 2015 Jenn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, 2015-finished

This is a book I probably would not have picked up if I had seen in the bookstore or the library. I read it because it was voted as the best historical fiction on goodreads.

All I can say is thank goodness I read it. The story from the first page kept me entranced and I wanted to read it all in one sitting. Powerful emotions and imagery throughout the story.

While there were some aspects of the characters that did get annoying in the beginning, ie Isabelle, she grew as the story went on and by t ...more

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Jan 01, 2016 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2016, family, world-war-ii, france, moral-dilemmas

The story of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, living in France during WWII. Isabelle decides to join the resistance and ends up living in Paris. Vianne meanwhile is left at home with her Daughter Sophie while her husband is in a POW camp. A German officer comes to stay with them. I don't know how much of the details of the German occupation of France were true. What drew me into the story was the story of the sisters. I disliked the device of making you try to guess which sister lived to tell t ...more

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Mar 24, 2015 SandyC rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, world-war-ii, tearjerkers, slytherin_mmp, 2015-read, 2021-read, re-read-in-2021

This is one of Kristin Hannah's best book. I read (actually listened to) this a few years ago and gave it 4 stars. Since then I've seen everyone rave about it, so I decided to read it again. It's a very powerful and sad story. I can't imagine living through the events of WWII like so many did. ...more

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