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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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:
No
challenging
emotional
sad
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
It was okay. I think my expectations were high, I was expecting this to be more clever, more twisty than it turned out to be.
There is a lot going on with this book. It is classified as “young adult” reading; but it is very dense. And explores very dark concepts of war and death very deeply. The main characters are both women, and the writing style was very detailed and meticulously done to express the two different- people’s personalities & writing styles.
If I were rating this based on how I feel upon finishing the book, it would get 5 stars, because it's effing brilliant and I finally get why everyone keeps recommending it. However, I have to acknowledge that the whole first half of the book was a drag for me, and without the multiple recommendations and the fact that I was reading it for book club, I might have abandoned it. There are so many details about airplanes and military abbreviations and stuff that just makes my eyes glaze over, and I could not get into it. Then halfway through there's a plot twist (that I saw coming from the first, because of the book opening with "Part 1: Verity" and who else could Part 2 be narrated by, despite what we're told? Maybe if the title of the book wasn't "Code Name Verity" it wouldn't have been clear right off that the part title was referring to the person narrating it.) and then there's nothing to do but sit back and marvel at the author's -- and the character's -- brilliance, and get pulled along by the story. So it's difficult to rate a book where the first half is all, "OMG this book is so long and boring" and the second half is all, "OMG this book is amazing." But having pushed on through and read the whole thing, I have to agree wholeheartedly with all the people who have been singing this book's praises since it was released. A combination of a history lesson, female empowerment, and a ode to friendship, wrapped up with incredible plot twists, there is a lot to love about this book.
Quite an interesting book. Not really what I expected of it when I started reading, but it turned out to be so much more. One of the most interesting writing styles I've seen in a long, long time paired with an clever and heartfelt story. So many times when reading this book, I just shook my head and wondered at how clever the author was when they wrote it. I can't really explain this without spoiling things; let me just say that it continually surprised me. There are a few too many convenient plot moments here and there, but they don't ruin one of my favorite books of the last few years.
Takes a very active and engaged reader -- not really the book for me. WW II or maybe historical fiction enthusiasts would have more patience than I did.
Historical fiction. WWII. Women’s history. Prisoner of war. Friendship. Torture. Lies vs truth.
although this book took me a while to get into, the plot was very well written and the ending was amazing!!
I was lucky I was reading it on the kindle as I was able to increase the font size to be more readable for me as the tears in my eyes made it harder and harder to read otherwise! Great book, immediately messaged my best friend (who recced it to me) to lovingly cuss her out for doing that to my emotions.
"It's like falling in love, finding your best friend." still makes me cry to think about.
"It's like falling in love, finding your best friend." still makes me cry to think about.