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A review by lanica
Nightingale's Nest by Nikki Loftin
2.0
TEACHER LIBRARIAN REVIEW:
Within the first three chapters I was ready to stop reading this book. It is sad, dark, gloomy, depressing...and yet. I read the rest of the book because it was made for kids. I had a thought that things couldn't be as bad as they seemed. Something was going to make these horrible situations better...but then it didn't. It kept getting darker and darker and I was afraid of where it was going. The idea that there might have been child abuse (possibly of a sexual nature) made me choose not to put it in my elementary library. I will donate my copy to the middle school.
The ending was sad and hopeful at the same time...but after so much creeping darkness from the beginning I was put off by the 'happy' ending. Things didn't change much in the end...and most of the horrible situations were still present as the book closed. Too much dark realism in this book for me. I can't recommend it to my K-5 students; but, middle or high school might really like it.
Within the first three chapters I was ready to stop reading this book. It is sad, dark, gloomy, depressing...and yet. I read the rest of the book because it was made for kids. I had a thought that things couldn't be as bad as they seemed. Something was going to make these horrible situations better...but then it didn't. It kept getting darker and darker and I was afraid of where it was going. The idea that there might have been child abuse (possibly of a sexual nature) made me choose not to put it in my elementary library. I will donate my copy to the middle school.
The ending was sad and hopeful at the same time...but after so much creeping darkness from the beginning I was put off by the 'happy' ending. Things didn't change much in the end...and most of the horrible situations were still present as the book closed. Too much dark realism in this book for me. I can't recommend it to my K-5 students; but, middle or high school might really like it.