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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
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I'm an emotional, sentimental, and idealistic reader. Not in the sense that I want happy endings all the time because most of the books I love are pretty sad and are filled with a lot of loss. In fact many of my favorite books are gut wrenching and have broken my heart. I'm idealistic because I want to read books that are 4 & 5 star reads all of the time. I want to love a book not just like it . I want a book to really get to me in some way. I have to admit that I was not expecting this book to get to me like it did.
It's about war, and two gutsy women, one a spy and one a pilot and about a friendship that will last the ages because many years from now someone will read this book and it will get to them also. If you want more details on the story, check out the book's description on Goodreads. I don't think it's necessary for me to repeat that here.
What I can say is that while I knew I was reading a work of fiction, there was something that made Julia and Maddie and their story so real. I felt as if all of it really happened . When I read the author's "debriefing" at the end of the book, I discovered that this story in some ways could have happened and that there were probably bold, courageous women who fought the war like Julia and Maddie, with code names something other than Verity and Kittyhawk.
It's about war, and two gutsy women, one a spy and one a pilot and about a friendship that will last the ages because many years from now someone will read this book and it will get to them also. If you want more details on the story, check out the book's description on Goodreads. I don't think it's necessary for me to repeat that here.
What I can say is that while I knew I was reading a work of fiction, there was something that made Julia and Maddie and their story so real. I felt as if all of it really happened . When I read the author's "debriefing" at the end of the book, I discovered that this story in some ways could have happened and that there were probably bold, courageous women who fought the war like Julia and Maddie, with code names something other than Verity and Kittyhawk.
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Jul 03, 2014 09:49AM
Angela - I'm intrigued and I've added the book. Thanks! Nice review!
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Thanks , Carol . I think you'll like it .
Great review. I loved the book and especially appreciated the authors's notes or whatever she called it. I haven't read the second book. Got from the library and my husband told me it is more difficult to read because of what the characters endure. I wasn't in the mood right then; so I passed. Maybe I'll give it a try someday. I think Wien is an excellent writer.
Thanks , Judy . I really loved it and want to read the second one but I'm going to wait a while .
Great review / great book.
Yay, so glad you loved it. It really packs an gut-wrenching punch, doesn't it? I was haunted by it for days.
Book Concierge - thanks do much . It really is a great story !
Bette ,Yes that's a good way to describe it - a punch in the gut. I finished it last night and couldn't fall asleep right away . I woke up thinking about it . I want to read the second book but not yet .
I agree, you need a little time between each book.
Great review Angela - makes me want to read it NOW!
Thanks , Lisa. I hole you like it . For me it was just one of those books !
Great review Angela! Well, you've convinced me to give it another try. My daughter loaned me the book and I returned it after failed attempted reads. I'm going to borrow it again.
Thanks ! I was just so taken in by these characters and their friendship . Even though the author says that this is a work of fiction , it just felt real . Yes , do try it again.
Great review -- I will have to make this my next audiobook!
Thanks , Leslie . I hope you enjoy it as much as I did .
Angela how well you expressed what you'd like from a book and how this book measures up to those expectations. Your discoveries are such a joy for me.
Joyce , thanks so much ! This book really is worth reading .
Another great review! Looking forward to reading this.
Thanks , Natalie . It's just so good !
Wow, that sounds like the perfect book to me- great review! Even though I am getting tired of the WWll setting, I think I will put this on my list to read. Thanks!
Thanks , Terry . I feel like I need a break from WW II books also but this one was so good !
ooohhhh, this just moved up on my TBR list!
Beth - you will love it !
Great review. Fantastic book that gets under your skin. Very moving. I'm definitely going to read the second one.
Thanks. Jackie . I plan to read it too .
I am adding it and I feel the same way you do about books Angela! "I want to love a book - not just like it!" Thanks for reading and reviewing it!!!
Sue, thanks . I hope you love it . Such a moving book . I still think about it .
Angela , I just stumbled across your review. WOW did you speak to my heart! I listened to the audio version in 2013 I ,too, was sucked deeply into this spellbinding story . Amazingly, I still feel very deeply about the Maddie and Julia. They became so much more to than characters in a book to me... unforgettable to not only my mind but to my heart. It is moving to see they affected you in much the same way.
Linda, thanks very much . Glad you enjoyed it too . I knew nothing about women spies during the war and this was a heartbreaking and wonderful story. Have you read Rose Under Fire? It’s good but I liked this one better .
Ah, this sounds absolutely perfect, Angela. One for me. Wonderful review.
Christine, thanks. It’s one I won’t forget!
Wonderful review, Angela M! This sounds like it should be on my TBR list! Thank you.
Jennifer, so much ! It’s a fabulous story!
Really nice review Angela!
Thanks, Karen. Such a good story.
