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Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein (YA)
I couldn't get into Wein's other holocaust book, Code Named Verity, but I loved this book. In this book, Rose Justice is an American pilot who is taken to a concentration camp. She details the horrors faced by those in the camp in her journal and through her poetry. She becomes friends with "the Rabbits", young girls who were tortured through medical experiments done to them by the Nazis. I am never failed to be appalled at the horrors a ...more
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein (YA)
I couldn't get into Wein's other holocaust book, Code Named Verity, but I loved this book. In this book, Rose Justice is an American pilot who is taken to a concentration camp. She details the horrors faced by those in the camp in her journal and through her poetry. She becomes friends with "the Rabbits", young girls who were tortured through medical experiments done to them by the Nazis. I am never failed to be appalled at the horrors a ...more
The character Rose Justice is amazing. Not only is she a daring American ATA pilot and poet, but she is a survivor. I really loved Code Name Verity, so I'm not sure this one quite measured up to that one for me, but it was still very good. What amazes me is that Elizabeth Wein can not only write this compelling story, but she includes Rose's beautiful poetry, which of course, she wrote, too. This book would make a great addition to jr. high and high school libraries, along with Code Name Verity.
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I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
It is no secret that I absolutely loved Elizabeth Weins previous book, Code name Verity. While I definitely like Rose under fire I do not love it as much as I did "Verity". But seriously, how could you beat the epicness of "Verity"? Wein is a great writer, I very much liked the incorporation of poetry in this one (and I´m not much of a reader of poetry) and I am completely in love with the characters she creates. I am ...more
It is no secret that I absolutely loved Elizabeth Weins previous book, Code name Verity. While I definitely like Rose under fire I do not love it as much as I did "Verity". But seriously, how could you beat the epicness of "Verity"? Wein is a great writer, I very much liked the incorporation of poetry in this one (and I´m not much of a reader of poetry) and I am completely in love with the characters she creates. I am ...more
I didn't love this like I loved CNV. I appreciated the crossovers, but they felt a bit overdone. The three separate parts didn't work well for me; the middle section was the most compelling and immediate, but it was the least original. How she got to Ravensbruck and the third section of the story, to me, were the most intriguing parts of the story, but they felt rushed or skipped over because of the framework of their telling.
But the characters are very real, and the descriptions are genuine and ...more
But the characters are very real, and the descriptions are genuine and ...more
Beautiful, moving, memorable!
Strong. Powerful. Consistent voice. Disturbing images of a political prison camp during World War II.
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Very well done, intricately plotted.
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