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I wish I had words to describe how I feel about Elizabeth Wein's writing. I was so afraid to read this book because of how much I loved Code Name Verity. At first, I wish I had reread Verity before starting Rose, but I slowly changed my mind.
Rose Under Fire is a very different book. It's hard to get into precisely how without spoiling both, but I think it is important to remember that Rose was always a witness in this story, not a heroine. She grew up privileged, and she maintains a certain amou ...more
Rose Under Fire is a very different book. It's hard to get into precisely how without spoiling both, but I think it is important to remember that Rose was always a witness in this story, not a heroine. She grew up privileged, and she maintains a certain amou ...more
Elizabeth Wein does it again in this companion novel to Code Name Verity. This is the story of Rose Justice, a fairly casual friend of Maddie's who is also an ATA pilot. During a routine mission, Rose's plane is intercepted by two Nazi planes and she is forced to make a landing in enemy territory, where she is eventually transported to Ravensbruck and spends the 6 months between October 1944 and April 1945 before escaping. Where Code Name Verity was full of twists and turns, the storyline here t
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A harrowing WWII survival story set primarily in the Ravensbruck concentration camp, this is a tougher read than companion spy thriller, Code Name Verity. While Verity was told from two points of view, the single viewpoint in Rose Under Fire means that readers experience the terror, starvation, and horror of the Holocaust with few breaks; and although poetry helped sustain the women of Block 32, the poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, as well as those by fictional American Pilot Rose Justice (Pris
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Wow, this book was AMAZING. I was hesitant to read it because it took me a while to finish Code Name Verity. I feel like no matter what I write for this review, it won’t be good enough. These women were so strong. I couldn’t believe everything that they went through. I loved how the author showed how clever everyone was at preserving lives.
When I learned about concentration camps in school, it sounded like no one did anything to try and stop it. When people did try and stop it, they died. Not i ...more
When I learned about concentration camps in school, it sounded like no one did anything to try and stop it. When people did try and stop it, they died. Not i ...more
Code name Verity is at the top of my all time favorite book list. Rose under Fire is an engaging compliment to the previous book. It's a different kind of book, that's not nearly as heart-stopping/breaking as Verity. If you enjoy world war 2 books, strong female characters, engaging story lines, this author is one to check out.
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This book is yet another exceptional piece of historical fiction from Elizabeth Wein. She has a real talent for creating lovable characters and then setting them in horrific situations. I can't wait to read what she writes next!
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I liked this even better than Code Name Verity.
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