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A Tale of Two Sisters

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

January 18, 2021 by Tereasa Leave a Comment

A bestselling historical fiction novel set during World War II, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is best if you only think of it as fiction. Hannah may have researched the details of France and WWII, but her characters initially struck me as stereotypical: Vianne, the older responsible sister Isabelle, the beautiful and spontaneous troubled teen Gaetan, the striking escaped prisoner, headed to the French resistance movement The broken and brooding father The handsome, kind Nazi Thankfully, Hannah developed more complex emotions and motivations for her […]

CBR12 Book Bingo – Orange

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

October 5, 2020 by randirock Leave a Comment

The Great Alone was a book I heard so much about prior to picking it up. However, at about 50 pages in, I wondered what all the fuss was about. The slow build was a bit of a grind, but I trusted that the fabulous reviews were not wrong. Boy, am I glad I did not give up. The Great Alone quickly picked up steam, and I was entranced. When Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam war, he was different. With a stormy mood that flips like […]

A journey into the Alaskan wilderness

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

December 31, 2019 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

What a wild and harrowing ride this book was. This is my first Kristin Hannah novel and it certainly will not be my last. This was a big book to undertake for the tale end of my cannonball, but it is our January book club selection and though hefty, it is a book that you can fall into and devour. Ernt, Vietnam veteran, and his wife Cora have a deep, consuming toxic love, and their daughter Leni is caught between them. Ernt is a damaged […]

This state, this place, is like no other.

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

September 27, 2019 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR11 BINGO: Far and Away (BINGO! Remix square to Reading the TBR square) This book has been repeatedly recommended to me via various online trickery. On the surface it seems like something that I would like: a book set in the wilds of Alaska. I dig nature. I like reading books where the pioneer spirit triumphs against all odds because I would die 3 days into that sort of thing and because I was borderline obsessed with Holly Hobbie and Little House on the Prairie when I was little. […]

Way too long for only one note

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

June 18, 2019 by lowercasesee 1 Comment

I went to see if any of you lovely people had reviewed this book yet and instead turned up the fact that this is the same author who wrote The Nightingale, another book I was sour on. Things are making sense now. I’d forgotten all about that book and I’m not too pleased to be reminded. The Great Alone is better, but not by much. So much like The Nightingale, this is a book about terrible things happening to good people in a world without gray areas. And it […]

A Nazi is a Nazi is a Nazi

September 20, 2017 by Gracey the Giant Leave a Comment

I absolutely hate reading books about war because they upset me so much. I usually end up angry and crying. Or angry and with a headache because I’m trying not to cry. Basically, it all just upsets the crap out of me and I don’t like it. The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah, is no exception. I didn’t think it would be and although it was on my To-Read list, I probably wouldn’t have gotten around to reading it if it wasn’t selected by my book […]

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