Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

24 reviews

welkinvault's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

I have to question what makes a book YA?  I did not think this painful, gruesome but glorious book was in any way YA.   It is definitely not for the faint of heart. It starts off simply enough with British plucky young women in early WW2, but told in a memoir in tortuous circumstances.  There are wheels within wheels in this novel.  I saw one of the twists, but not the others.  Powerful novel.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Gun violence

Moderate: Gore, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, Torture, War, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Murder

saoreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

The book title itself was intriguing and how the heroine began the story was full of wit and humor as she takes readers on a journey with her being captured. She makes light of her situation. Maybe she seemed way too calm as a person. The personality was honed to the point where it doesn't scream for something to be feared for and it eases readers even when the situation the character is, in fact, dire. In the second part of the book, another point of view was taken to narrate the recent happenings and not just pure storytelling. It was a heartbreaking story of a precious friendship that occurred during a fictional event in the Second World War. There was overloaded information regarding the life of a spy and working about intel that at the same time didn't make you stop reading but, through its witty way of expressing it, made you love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, War, Body horror, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

florits's review

adventurous dark inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and War

Minor: Sexual assault

ejimenez's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Cursing, Gun violence, Grief, War, Death, Confinement, Excrement, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

rosies_book_shelf's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Confinement, Cursing, and Excrement

totesdrotes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence and Antisemitism

rachael_jo's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Violence

travelthrupages's review against another edition

dark funny 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Torture, Sexism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, and Vomit

shaylee_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

This book was a beautiful yet heartbreaking story about friendship that I enjoyed quite a lot. It did take me a while to get into the book and I found it to be slow at some points but all together it was a really good book and I'm glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Racism

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, and Death