Title: The Nightingale
Author: Kristin Hannah
Genre: Historical Fiction
Published: February 3, 2015
Pages: 440
The Carpenter Confessions Rating: ★★★★☆
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, is an amazing book that gives you a different perspective of how people lived during World War 2. Adventure and heroism is a big aspect within this book, but along with that comes a mode of survival. Going through the terrible times of World War 2, The Nightingale shows the strength of family and the personal strength you have to have in order to stay alive. This book made me cry, so make sure you have tissues on stand by.
The Nightingale takes you along the journey of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, who live in France during World War 2. The Nightingale, is told in third person limited with the POV’s being both Vianne and Isabelle. While Vianne and Isabelle are sisters, they have completely different goals when it comes to their lives in general, but especially during WW2. Vianne, living in the hopes the war doesn’t get as bad as it does and only wants her husband, who is a prisoner of war, to come back home safely. Also, to keep her daughter safe from all the war entials. When the war heightens and a German captain comes to live with Vianne, she does whatevers she can to make sure her and especially her daughter have food, shelter, and most importantly hope that things will get better. Meanwhile Isabelle, a rebellious eighteen year old, is still trying to figure out who she is. While on a journey to her sisters, Isabelle meets and falls in love with a partisan named Gaetin, who believes France can beat Germany if they fight to keep what's left of France. When Gaetin leaves Isabelle, she is determined to join the Resistance to help France and never looks back. She wants to risk her life and save others. Isabelle knows what she wants to do with the rest of her life and does what she has to to accomplish it. Even though the two sisters have different goals during the war, they eventually find themselves back together and once again a family.
Kristin Hannah wrote a flawless story that is like none other. It shows a perspective people don’t normally think about. For one it shows how women survived the war, but it’s not only that; it’s that of a woman waiting for her husband to come home and the struggles it takes to take care of your family during that time. Also, it shows what it was to fight back while being a woman. Most people didn’t see you because they didn’t think women could make a difference. This book was full of heroism, fear, hope, strength, and sadness. Emotions weren’t held back in this book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It reminds me of The Lost Girls of Paris, but it was made to be its own. I loved how it took you through how both Vianne and Isabelle felt and the battles they faced. It was a good change from other Historical Fictions I’ve read.
While I loved this book, I couldn’t give it five stars because it felt quite slow for the first half of the book. I felt it took a while to get to the good parts. It didn’t catch my interest until later on, but once it did I couldn’t put it down.
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