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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

Start date: January 12, 2016

Finish date: January 31, 2016

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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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Oct 27, 2015 Gabriela rated it really liked it

Touching, marvelous and unputdownable. I was torn in the end, I don't want to give any spoilers though. The character of Isabelle was made out of so much suffering and so much battling. ...more

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Aug 04, 2017 Mandy Beyers rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, ladies-book-club

While covering difficult subject matter, Ms. Hannah writes about forgotten characters in history - what WWII looked like from a woman's point of view and the suffering, struggles, and resistance efforts from women while most men were missing. The novel beautifully shows growth and relationships within one family in Nazi-occupied France, and though the bonds of family are strained, the story is still sweet, with an undertone of bitter distaste whenever one remembers that real people underwent the ...more

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Oct 01, 2024 Savi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, audiobook, fiction, favourites, lead-female, author-female, lead-multi, read-in-2024

I know it's good when a book makes me cry unexpectedly. It's a ww2 book so crying may often be expected by most (myself included), but it's not something I expected this time for myself. Yet, this book caught me off guard just when I had thought I couldn't possibly shed more tears for the events of ww2. ...more

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