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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

31 reviews

fluffernutterfriday's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was riveting. I simply could not put it down. It is a story within a story, where the writing of the story is a part of the plot, and I am enamored with it.

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mpbookreviews's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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saoreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The book title itself was intriguing and how the heroine began the story was full of wit and humor as she takes readers on a journey with her being captured. She makes light of her situation. Maybe she seemed way too calm as a person. The personality was honed to the point where it doesn't scream for something to be feared for and it eases readers even when the situation the character is, in fact, dire. In the second part of the book, another point of view was taken to narrate the recent happenings and not just pure storytelling. It was a heartbreaking story of a precious friendship that occurred during a fictional event in the Second World War. There was overloaded information regarding the life of a spy and working about intel that at the same time didn't make you stop reading but, through its witty way of expressing it, made you love it.

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anna_hepworth's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I'm sure there are many reviews out there that talk about the plot and characters. And while they are good, what struck me was the storytelling, the structure of the story, and the way I was unwilling to give full credibility to anything the story told me (because one cannot have faith in confessions given under duress; and it is very obvious from the beginning that it is duress), but had no idea which bits to disbelieve.

Given that it is set in WWII Occupied France, I was not expecting this to be a gentle story, but in places it was far more raw and brutal than I had expected.

I finished up the book crying. Right until the discussion of the burial of those shot late in the piece, I wanted to believe that both protagonists made it back safely. And having been shown to be right halfway through, that Maddie wasn't dead -- at the point that we moved back in time and changed viewpoints -- I wasn't entirely convinced the author wasn't going to pull the same bait-and-switch, even though it looked pretty sure that Julie was dead

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helen's review against another edition

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4.0

Oof! So incredibly sad, clever, surprising and satisfying. Full of fabulous, competent women, and glimpses of humour amongst the horrors.
Due to the subject matter, I didn't enjoy reading parts of it, and I suspect I won't re-read, but I'm really glad I finished it, and got to experience the twists and gut punches unspoiled.

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bookbrig's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

You should read this book. Sometimes, when I've read a dozen reviews that say such and such novel is so wonderful and fantastic and great, I end up less then loving it simply because it's been built up so much. Not so here. This is a gorgeous story. The characters are unbelievably vivid. And if it's any indication of the story's great ability to make me curious and keep me caring, as soon as I finished it I found myself flipping back to the beginning and searching through it for pieces to reread. Yes, I reread books, but pretty much never IMMEDIATELY upon finishing them! I cannot recommend this book enough. I'm planning to browbeat everyone I know into trying it. THAT INCLUDES YOU.

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