This is one of those books that I can't review without spoiling everything. I knew the plot and the ending before I read, and I think I would have liked it even more if I hadn't known those things, so I'm going to try really hard not to spoil it here.This historical fiction novel is the story of two...
I tried to read "Code Name Verity" right after it was published. There were tons of glowing reviews on Goodreads, everyone was talking about it. I prepared myself to be unbelievably impressed. I was not. I read about 20 pages and set the book aside. This year, AudioBookSync.com was offering the audi...
I wonder if vonLinden just wanted to hear Julie’s story after she started putting the pencil to paper for him. Sure, he wanted her to think that her life was in jeopardy but her story was more than just her trade secrets, her story was about her life and what she stood for. Sure, Julie is scared abo...
When “Verity” is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn’t stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she’s living a spy’s worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. But will trading her secrets be enough...
Those looking for a "light" YA book should look elsewhere. This is a difficult book, both in subject matter and in its sometimes dense writing, but it is a worthwhile one.It is told in a somewhat epistolary fashion, which I really liked. Although you do have to suspend your disbelief just a bit, tha...
I wasn't as blown away or wowed by this book as some people were. Yes this was a really good book but when I finished it I didn't feel overwhelming emotion and connection that I usually feel from a great book. This was advertised as a "mind game of a novel" and I just kept waiting for something that...
Sometimes a book can take your breath away. It's so good that while you're reading it you have only one desire: you hope it will never end. When it does, you are struck by an inevitable sense of loss, because this book became more than words on paper for you, it spoke to you, it touched your hart an...
I didn't even consider writing a synopsis for Code Name Verity because I'm petrified of dropping spoilers! Although, it would've taken a lot of explaining to truly give anything away because there are so many twists and turns, which is the book's greatest strength. Usually, I read two books a week -...
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