Months ago I requested Code Name Verity from one of my library's e-reader apps, after a smart friend raved about it on Facebook. It finally became available last night, and I tore through it. As soon as I had finished I looked up all of the author's other books so I could request them from the library too. So if you need a diversion, it's a good one.
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October 10, 2020
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I just finished the audiobook Code Name Helene, and enjoyed it very much, but cried a lot at parts. The author's note at the end mentions that she likes to explore what good marriages look like, which I found interesting, and very moving regarding the ending. The true story upon which the book is built is also amazing.... I found it a little terrifying to consider what daily life in Vichy France must have been like, or life under occupation, but also strengthening to get little vignettes of what heroism looks like in everyday life.
Posted by: mandamum | October 10, 2020 at 11:15 PM
I really liked Code Name Verity. Like you I tore through it and it blew me away. And I also really liked Rose Under Fire, which was a very different sort of novel and intense in a different sort of way. However, I didn't like the prequel, The Pearl Thief, nearly as much. It was a very different sort of story and while I thought I wanted more backstory about the characters, it was ultimately unsatisfying and I almost wished I hadn't read it.
Posted by: Melanie B | October 11, 2020 at 10:23 PM
THANK YOU. I am always looking for a good book. I recently read "Trick Mirror" by Jia Tolentino and it's a very interesting work (short pieces, not a novel). Very feminist. I enjoyed it.
Posted by: Ariella | October 12, 2020 at 10:40 AM