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Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads Author)
by Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads Author)
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Espionage. Covert military maneuvers. Torture. Nazi resistance. And a friendship that is truly gift.
There is little more to say than Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein, has been my favorite book to read this year (so far!).
I’m a junkie for WWII fiction/non-fiction – and this story about Maddie (a transport pilot for the RAF) and her friend, “Verity,” a SOE (a British Special Operations Executive) operative, was unlike anything I’ve read recently.
As told from the perspective of “Verity” after she’s been captured by the Gestapo in occupied France, she tells us about her capture, her suffering, her background and training. But she also tells us about Maddie – and those with whom she trained in Britain.
It is fretful from the first page to the last. I even audibly GASPED during “Verity’s” graphic narrative.
Be patient in the beginning. It’s not an easy book to read, and the 1st person/3rd person narration is a bit tricky – but it is well worth it.
Wow.
Espionage. Covert military maneuvers. Torture. Nazi resistance. And a friendship that is truly gift.
There is little more to say than Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein, has been my favorite book to read this year (so far!).
I’m a junkie for WWII fiction/non-fiction – and this story about Maddie (a transport pilot for the RAF) and her friend, “Verity,” a SOE (a British Special Operations Executive) operative, was unlike anything I’ve read recently.
As told from the perspective of “Verity” after she’s been captured by the Gestapo in occupied France, she tells us about her capture, her suffering, her background and training. But she also tells us about Maddie – and those with whom she trained in Britain.
It is fretful from the first page to the last. I even audibly GASPED during “Verity’s” graphic narrative.
Be patient in the beginning. It’s not an easy book to read, and the 1st person/3rd person narration is a bit tricky – but it is well worth it.
Wow.
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Reading Progress
| 07/23/2012 | page 198 |
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44.0% | "A little slow and confusing in the beginning (3rd person narration), but now, WOW -- this is amazing!" |
| 07/24/2012 | page 500 |
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100.0% | "Best book I've read this year. Wow!" 1 comment |
