When all is said and done I think this book is incredibly well done. I struggled a lot through the first half, especially because this is the book I have friends who had marked as 'would give seven stars' and who came out of the woodwork to say 'this is my favorite book of the whole year.' People I massively respect the opinion of, so I kept pushing myself and myself for it. You know from the beginning that everything you are about to be told is going to be lie, but you find yourself struggling to see the truth's through the colors and lights dancing on the water (whether they are happy narrations, or graphic depictions of grueling horror).

This book and I had some major quandary, not-quite arguments for the first 60% of it, due in large part of the fact the narrator is entirely unreliable and thus hard to believe or trust no matter what is happening or being told. “This is a remarkable book… Daily Mail Read more The story begins in “Verity…’s own words, as she writes her account for her captors.Truth or lies? Honour or betrayal? Everything they've ever believed in is put to the test …Ī gripping thriller, Code Name Verity blends a work of fiction into 20th century history with spine-tingling results. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. Only in wartime could a stalwart lass from Manchester rub shoulders with a Scottish aristocrat. Two young women become unlikely best friends during World War II, until one is captured by the Gestapo.

The Verity Collection: a fascinating documentary of Elizabeth’s personal collection of WW2 memorabilia Exclusive footage of Elizabeth Wein at The Shuttleworth Collection, home to some of the oldest operational aircraft in the world ‘Something Worth Doing’: the short story that inspired Code Name Verity, never before published in the UK In addition to the novel, this ebook includes: This enhanced edition features exclusive material and bonus content.

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