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The Killing Code

Ellie Marney

3.83 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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3.75
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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5
I love reading about the code breakers, however, there wasn't much focus on the codes.
Still enjoyed the major POC and Queer representation as well as the strong female characters. The plot was engaging, though the romance was rushed.
Content in the book may be triggering.
adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Loved the setting, finished it cover to cover in a day. I now owe the friend who recommended me this my first born child. 
I've always been interested in women during WWII and I loved reading this! 
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

 I felt like I was just bored. I was expecting this to be 5 stars. It had feminism, women codebreakers and a murder mystery. What’s not to love? A lot apparently.

The murderer just seemed kind of random and it felt like there was more to be discussed. It’s as if the author ran out of time and went, “Who’s a person who it sort of could be?” And picked them.

I also felt Moya and Kit’s romance was a bit rushed. Everything felt rushed to be honest. I wish there was more focus on the actual codes and how they broke the codes too.