Reviews - The Brightwood Code

79 reviews for:

The Brightwood Code

Monica Hesse

3.79 AVERAGE

lindseylovestoread's review against another edition

4.0

⭐ 4.25 // Good book... but I was very much not satisfied with the ending.

shelf_reflections's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lalaskal's review against another edition

4.0

The Brightwood Code kept me hooked from beginning to end. At first, I did not like the style of writing, but then I realized it was to reflect Edda's mindset as she struggled with PTSD. I enjoyed piecing together the clues of Edda's time in France and how it relates to her being back in the US. The exploration of PTSD was accurately portrayed as Edda learned that we never receive the endings that we deserve and/or expect. Thank you NetGalley for an ARC, I really loved learning about the Hello Girls in World War I.

kileymcr14's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sanyoen's review against another edition

2.5

sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It’s pretty slow. Hard to get into.

Content Warnings

jennifer_k's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

foxychick402's review against another edition

3.0

Interesting insight into the yellow girls (girls that transferred calls) during the WWI and the things that can happen at war.

Trigger warning- rape story

iamasam28's review against another edition

4.0

It took me awhile to get into this book. Once I realized how deep and historical it was, I was hooked. I really like that it's not a perfect ending, but it's more realistic than a lot of books. I also really like the but about how grief doesn't get smaller, your world around it gets bigger.

mriese's review against another edition

4.0

informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yayaoh07's review against another edition

3.0

tense

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

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