Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
I really liked Wein’s books about Mordred and his children, at least as far as I remember them (it was a few years ago), so I was quite hopeful about this one. I’ve tried to read it once before, actually; I think I even got a review copy from Netgalley. But I really didn’t click with it. For one thing, the tone is too casual, Verity’s gambit too obvious. Parts of the unreliable narration are done really well, but it remained impossible for me to imagine that a German officer trying to get information would really allow Verity to keep writing about picnics and the exact details of civilian life in such a mundane way.
I ended up skimming this a lot, so any emotional impact was also lost on me. I know a lot of people really loved this, but it did not work at all for me. And I couldn’t really imagine a young female spy in WWII saying things like “dead embarrassing” about ending up crying.
Rating: 1/5
I absolutely loved the audio narration of this book so that definitely helped the emotional impact. I thought it was a great book but I can definitely see your point about it being unrealistic with Verity being able to just sit there and write about everything and anything for so long.
I’ve seen some people looooving it and others hating it. It seems to be one of those books!
Omg, I’m so so sad. But then not every book is for everyone I guess!! I LOVED the audiobook, the accents were like 100% perfect and I couldn’t stop listening…or bawling by the end.
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Sorry! I wanted to like it! But it just did noooot work for me. Though people keep saying they thought the audio was best…