BOOK REVIEW: THE NIGHTINGALE BY KRISTIN HANNAH

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Title: The Nightingale
Author: Kristin Hannah
Published: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 440
Rating: 3/5

Summary:
Set in France in 1939, we meet two sisters and follow their paths through World War II.

Review:
There's a lot I liked about this book, some parts I adored and then some I didn't.

I felt like this book captured World War II and the different struggles of it in a way I could really picture; you can really feel some of the pain these characters go through. I felt like France before and during the war really came to life. I also felt like I could really connect with both of the main characters and their struggles, and I really liked seeing the relationship between the two. It's a very emotional book as well and I teared up at several points.

Now, I did find the story a little bit predictable, I'm not going to lie. Sometimes the story borders on cliché and there is a little bit of insta-love in here, at least that's what it felt like to me. I also thought the ending was perhaps a bit too tidy.

I did love reading this fictional tale of women during the war though and I liked how the story captured the two very different paths these sisters end up on. It's not a perfect book, but definitely worth the read if you like historical fiction!

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