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lesliewatwar's review against another edition
3.0
In true Amy Lukavics style, this book was detailed for YA horror. I've read many of her previous books and just like those, I read Nightingale in one sitting.
Unfortunately, this was not my favorite. Although I can see where she was going in staying with the 1950s style sci fi feel, some parts where too drawn out.
I am curious if there will ever be a follow up or prequel to answer some questions.
Unfortunately, this was not my favorite. Although I can see where she was going in staying with the 1950s style sci fi feel, some parts where too drawn out.
I am curious if there will ever be a follow up or prequel to answer some questions.
gabster77's review against another edition
4.0
Horror with a Sci-Fi spin!!! I enjoyed it a lot and couldn't put it down during the last 5 chapters.
tmleblanc's review against another edition
2.0
With an intriguing start, Nightingale keeps you reading with is mix of historical fiction and science fiction. Is what June experiencing real or some manifestation of her imagination? Unfortunately, as the book nears its conclusion, the story falls apart and becomes quite confusing, making you wonder what just happened.
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
meganac's review against another edition
3.0
*Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.*
3 stars. It would have been a definite 5, if not for the subplot of lesbian romance. That was a let-down for me. Readers should be advised that there is graphic homosexual content.
Similar in feel to the old show The Twilight Zone, this book is WEIRD. I'm going to need time to mull over it. It's told in a confusing, eerie way: June, in the institution; June, before the institution. We're given enough loose threads to really wonder, but not enough to piece together what's really going on. For an alien-themed sci-fi/horror, I really liked it. I don't often read books like this.
The writing is cold and detached. I feel that it suits the narrative well. There is a variety of the 1950s' social issues addressed quietly in the background of the story - gender-norms, mental health treatments, abuse. It's a lot to digest, but all the same, I devoured this book.
Get ready for gory aliens, creepy nurses, and angry teenagers. Nightingale will be released October 2018.
3 stars. It would have been a definite 5, if not for the subplot of lesbian romance. That was a let-down for me. Readers should be advised that there is graphic homosexual content.
Similar in feel to the old show The Twilight Zone, this book is WEIRD. I'm going to need time to mull over it. It's told in a confusing, eerie way: June, in the institution; June, before the institution. We're given enough loose threads to really wonder, but not enough to piece together what's really going on. For an alien-themed sci-fi/horror, I really liked it. I don't often read books like this.
The writing is cold and detached. I feel that it suits the narrative well. There is a variety of the 1950s' social issues addressed quietly in the background of the story - gender-norms, mental health treatments, abuse. It's a lot to digest, but all the same, I devoured this book.
Get ready for gory aliens, creepy nurses, and angry teenagers. Nightingale will be released October 2018.
shannonxo's review against another edition
4.0
What an utterly disturbing and strange little novel ...
And I loved it.
First, I must point out the MAJOR American Horror Story: Asylum vibes I got. Right from the start, it set the perfect mood and it was very easy for me to slide into the story. I was impressed with how the story progressed and how it was laid out. I thought it to be oddly short (according to my Kindle LOC), but apparently it clocked in at 380+ pages.
We start with June Hardie's first night in the insane asylum (I realize that's hardly PC these days, but it was set in the 1950's and clearly fitting.) We spend a few chapters with her in the hospital, then a few labelled only as Days Past. It's these chapters, detailing the back story of how June came to where she is, that I found to be the most disturbing. Be a better young woman. Better known as your free time, young June, is to now be forced to learn how to cook meatloaf, clean, and wear lipstick at all times of the day. It was disgusting how little say June had in her life as a woman. And yet it created a fantastic parallel with June's writing and her desire to be independent and travel beyond city borders.
Admittedly, the end got a wee bit ... weird, and I had to really pay attention, but I loved it. It was so strange and different from what I normally read, and since I believe fall started September 5, this was just the right spooky read. At times it did get a little graphic, and if you're not good with explicit scenes involving sex and gore, then this may not be the best book for you.
4/5
And I loved it.
First, I must point out the MAJOR American Horror Story: Asylum vibes I got. Right from the start, it set the perfect mood and it was very easy for me to slide into the story. I was impressed with how the story progressed and how it was laid out. I thought it to be oddly short (according to my Kindle LOC), but apparently it clocked in at 380+ pages.
We start with June Hardie's first night in the insane asylum (I realize that's hardly PC these days, but it was set in the 1950's and clearly fitting.) We spend a few chapters with her in the hospital, then a few labelled only as Days Past. It's these chapters, detailing the back story of how June came to where she is, that I found to be the most disturbing. Be a better young woman. Better known as your free time, young June, is to now be forced to learn how to cook meatloaf, clean, and wear lipstick at all times of the day. It was disgusting how little say June had in her life as a woman. And yet it created a fantastic parallel with June's writing and her desire to be independent and travel beyond city borders.
Admittedly, the end got a wee bit ... weird, and I had to really pay attention, but I loved it. It was so strange and different from what I normally read, and since I believe fall started September 5, this was just the right spooky read. At times it did get a little graphic, and if you're not good with explicit scenes involving sex and gore, then this may not be the best book for you.
4/5
kitsunebi_reads's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you to Harlequin Teen and Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
June Hardie is struggling to become a young woman in a typical suburban town in 1951. However, June is not a typical young woman destined to marry, have children, keep house and worship at her husbands feet. No, she is bound for greatness and she knows it. Driven to obsession she works night and day on her story. A story to set her free turned into the thing that destroys her.
Now commited to the Burrow Place Asylum she will find herself unknowingly moved toward her true purpose.
I found June to be an interesting and fiesty heroin. I think everyone will find a little piece of her within them. The story told in the present and past tense through alternating chapters slowly fleshes out the story and the true horrors of the asylum and June's previous life.
Riviting and gory. A beautiful blend of sci-fi and horror. Amy Lukavics never fails to excite.
June Hardie is struggling to become a young woman in a typical suburban town in 1951. However, June is not a typical young woman destined to marry, have children, keep house and worship at her husbands feet. No, she is bound for greatness and she knows it. Driven to obsession she works night and day on her story. A story to set her free turned into the thing that destroys her.
Now commited to the Burrow Place Asylum she will find herself unknowingly moved toward her true purpose.
I found June to be an interesting and fiesty heroin. I think everyone will find a little piece of her within them. The story told in the present and past tense through alternating chapters slowly fleshes out the story and the true horrors of the asylum and June's previous life.
Riviting and gory. A beautiful blend of sci-fi and horror. Amy Lukavics never fails to excite.
greengaybles's review
3.0
I adore Amy Lukavics, just not this. The premise was good but the execution didn’t do it for me. And the feminism was a little clunky.
emilyg84's review
3.0
I have read almost all of Amy Lukavics books, aside from 1, and this was my least favorite. It felt like it dragged on forever, even though it had a good basis for a thriller story, it didn't pull me in as much as the other books of hers that I have read. This took me the longest to read as the other two I've read only took days.
In other words, it was good, but not the greatest <3
In other words, it was good, but not the greatest <3