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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)

Elizabeth Wein

Start date: December 1, 2012

Finish date: December 31, 2012

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Apr 07, 2013 M rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-books

Truly excellent book that really places you in occupied France and at the hands of the Gestapo.

I laughed and I cried (mainly the latter). I knew that things were going to end badly - but what a journey.

I'm not sure that I will be encouraging my 10 yr old to read this just yet as it is quite graphic (all entirely within the context of the historical accuracy) and I have to say made me angry all over again at what happened in this period.

Kiss me Hardy! ...more

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Oct 01, 2016 T rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, favorites

I am going to be haunted by this book for a long time. Despite that, i highly recommend the masterful audible version of this 5 star book.

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Dec 27, 2012 Nikki rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reviewed-at-c-spot, historical, mystery-suspense, favorite-books, re-read

This book is about two women in WWII. One is a pilot, one is a spy, and they get shot down in their ferry plane in Nazi-occupied France. The first half of the book is told from the spy’s point-of-view. The second, from the pilot’s. That is all I will tell you. This book is full of twists and turns, and you second-guess yourself constantly trying to figure out everything that could potentially happen. But I’m not going to talk about that either.

This book is a journey. And many things take you a v ...more

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Aug 11, 2012 Cari Hunter rated it it was amazing

I love this book. I will always love this book. It's beautiful and heart breaking and everyone should read it. I think this was my fourth reread and it'd been a while, so everything felt fresh - the intrigue, piecing the clues together, the gorgeous friendship at its heart, the horror, the flashes of humour despite the horror. And then some things were utterly familiar because some of the writing is so lovely you just don't forget it. I had forgotten how local it is to me, though, with Stockport ...more

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Jul 30, 2012 Nikki rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-multiple-times, reviewed-at-c-spot, historical, ya

Holy crap this book is good. I want you to believe me, and to read this book immediately without me telling you a damn thing about it. Just trust me. I want everyone I know to read it, so that I can talk to everyone about it.

I wrote a review about it here.

I didn't give anything away there either. But I'm hoping you'll be intrigued enough to pick up a copy.

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May 07, 2013 Bonnie rated it it was amazing

Outstanding.

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Dec 15, 2012 Kimberly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: action-adventure, kick-ass-smart-chicks, 1940s, ww2, could-not-put-down, reading-challenge-2015, historical-fiction, broke-my-heart, did-not-see-that-coming

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Jul 12, 2013 Melissa rated it it was amazing

I cannot remember the last time that I finished a book and immediately started re-reading it. This is an amazing book-great characters, great setting, twists & turns and lots of "feels"! You also have to pay attention because this is not a quick, single layer read. I can't wait for "Rose Under Fire" by Elizabeth Wein (Sep 10, 2013). ...more

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Jul 05, 2015 AGC rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this (audio) book very much. I listen to it while driving to and from work everyday. Compelling story and the reader did a wonderful job bringing the characters to life. I recommend it!

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Nov 28, 2012 Mary rated it it was amazing

This very touching YA novel features two improbably heroic young Englishwomen contributing to the war effort by undertaking dangerous missions to the Continent in the dark days of WWII. Though firmly focused on her protagonists and their hair-raising adventures, Wein works on a very large canvas--she depicts covert operations in Occupied France, the fractured allegiances of the Nazi administrative apparatus, the gray area occupied by "unofficial" prisoners-of-war, and the tragic ironies of attem ...more

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