In spite of the busyness of my days, and nights for that matter, I manage to keep reading some compelling book that causes me to just plop down in the comfy leather chair under the windows in the living room and read instead of doing other stuff - like update my blogs for example!!
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is one such novel that turned out to be quite compelling. Like Suite Francaise, Sarah's Key, and All the Light We Cannot See, it deals with the critical summer of 1940 when Paris fell, with nary a whimper, to the might of Hitler's Germany.
Each of these novels emphasizes a different aspect of those horrific times, but also weaves a tapestry - for me at least - of the more human aspects of those years. Each story is very personal - but political too, so it seems important and significant - probably because individual stories are the most important.
The Nightingale was a bit of a "thriller" because you didn't find out the identity of the narrator until the end. It wasn't perfectly written - as literature it really didn't make the cut. But it was compelling and engaging - qualities I look for.
You just might enjoy it!
Since I so enjoyed Station Eleven, I decided to look for other books by the same author. This was one. It is nothing like the first book I read. It is not dystopian. But it is an intriguing plotline that I have never quite encountered before. Don't want to spoil it - it can be heartbreaking at times - so I won't give too many details.
And Ms. St. John Mandel is a pretty good writer - she created a world that is nothing like any world I know - but it seemed very real the whole time!!
Let me know what you think!
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