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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

Start date: November 1, 2019

Finish date: November 30, 2019

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Jan 16, 2019 Eileen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: cultural, 2019, audiobook, contemporary, historical-fiction, 2019genrechallenge, world-war-ii-world-war-i

Oh my goodness! This was such a rollercoaster of a book. I read this not too long after I read The Great Alone, which absolutely blew me away, so there were definitely times when I read this that I wasn't sure if I could love it as much. But the ending was absolutely perfect and pulled all the different threads together.

When I first read the description of this book and then dove into the first few chapters, it reminded me a lot of All the Light You Cannot See, in part because it jumped around p ...more

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Mar 27, 2021 Karenina rated it really liked it

I ugly cried at the end. I try not to read reviews beforehand but I saw a one star review and it made me curious. The review scrolled for pages. I don't understand why someone would spend so much time on a book they hated. People are weird. Suffice it to say this book was very sad yet entertaining and elicited a similar emotional response to the great alone though the books were nothing alike. I seem to be reading a lot of books lately centered on strong women during WWII and I'm quite alright w ...more

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Mar 09, 2015 Debbie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2015-challenge

When I close a book with tears running down my checks, I know I've read something special.

The Nightingale tells a WWII story of the women of the countryside near Paris and their involvement with the Nazi officers billeted in their homes and their place in the French Resistance. Beautifully written. ...more

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