Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale fell short of being the riveting read I was expecting. The tale is fiction but one of the characters is based on a real woman who played a pivotal role in the Resistance effort in France in WWII. I found the pacing uneven and too much page-time was devoted to mundane details that showed the effect of the occupation but did nothing to advance the plot. The writing lacked eloquence and heft, but the bonds of sisterhood and the depiction of the sacrifices citizens were willing to make to save others was well done.