The Nightingale

What disappointed you about The Nightingale?The characters were entirely unbelievable and predicable.Would you ever listen to anything by Kristin Hannah again?Not likely.How could the performance have been better?Should have been less breathy and whineyWhat reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment? Who cares.

The narrator's voice seemed mechanical at times, and this may sound silly, but the almost whistling sound made when she pronounced the letter 's' made the story unpleasant and difficult to listen to at times. Additionally,the accents she attempted were poorly done...better not to have attempted them. Otherwise, the storyline was moving.

Any additional comments?I loved this story and definitely cried more than a few times. Polly Stone did an amazing job with all the different characters. I didn't want it to end.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? The story was redundant - after several hours of listening to the same "dramatic" and "tense" actions being experienced by the the two main characters I finally gave up and stopped listening. Would you be willing to try another one of Polly Stone’s performances?No. - There is something about her pitch & tone that is unpleasing to me.In addition, her attempts at both the French and German accent are terrible.You didn’t love this book...but did it have any redeeming qualities? Not really.Any additional comments?A bad choice on my behave…I should have taken the advice of the prior reviewers. :(

I first fell in love with Kristin Hanna's books when I read Firefly Lane several years ago and have since enjoyed most of her other novels (with the exception of Night Road, which was just overwhelmingly depressing).I preordered this book simply because it was hers.I have to say I was slightly disappointed.Normally I am sucked in from beginning to end and am very upset when the book is over.With this book, I got a little bored and didn't bother to continue listening to it after my commute was over (like I often do with her other novels).I think it was partly because I didn't like Isabelle very much and partly because I found it a little slow.I obviously still found it pretty good, but if you are looking for a WWII-set novel of Hannah's, I enjoyed Winter Garden much more.