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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

Start date: November 1, 2019

Finish date: November 30, 2019

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Feb 12, 2018 Emily rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Simply beautiful and heartbreaking. Perfect in every painful, human way. The best WWII novel I have ever read, hands down.

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Oct 18, 2016 Nadine in NY Jones rated it really liked it

Shelves: only-reading-because-of-the-buzz, era-world-war-2, lotsa-buzz, womens-day

How fragile life was, how fragile they were.
Love.
It was the beginning and end of everything, the foundation and the ceiling and the air in between.

This is not a love story, but it is about love, and about the women who love.

There! Is that sappy enough for you? Hahaha... but I'm also being serious.

When I started this book, I was confident I was not going to like it. All my friends gave it five stars, but I knew it was going to be just like All the Light We Cannot See, a book I hated that ev ...more

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Oct 02, 2019 Andrea rated it really liked it

I had a hard time getting into it...I’m really glad I stuck with it

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Apr 07, 2016 Bea rated it really liked it

This was really a 3 1/2 stars for me. It was a good story, but lots of clichés! My problem is that I've read too many WWII novels in the past few years and didn't feel like reading some more death camp stuff. Kristin Hannah's chic-lit genre experience shines through a little too much, but I did enjoy the book for the most part. The heroine, Isabelle, was a little too dramatic and I still don't understand why she hiked across the mountains with those men. They already had a guide and leader, Edua ...more

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Apr 06, 2015 Mandy rated it really liked it

This is a wonderfully told story with characters whose depth and a traits make them come alive. Due to 2 minor yet obvious editing errors, I almost gave up on the book and am so glad I stuck with it. Hannah seems to have taken her writing to a new level with this book - I do hope she keeps going in this direction.

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