Code Name Verity - LinksUpdate 2

[estara]

A shout-out to all the people I'd been trying (by leaving mysterious hints about female friendship, female pilot in WWII and lots of tissues needed) to convince to eventually read Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity - on a thread of Rachel Manija's, I remember, and wherever else...



And may I just give you a further impulse to buy it - especially if you want to know my real life name ^^ - Elizabeth Wein was kind enough to mention my checking her German in the Afterword of the book (and very graciously overlooked the ages it took me to nerve myself up to read a book where Nazi Gestapo tortures one of the heroines: I'm very grateful that they weren't turned into caricature monsters, but remained humans - having made/making some very bad choices and perpetrating horrors onto others).

Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Oh, good for you. My hat is off.

(It might take me a while to read this, actually. I don't usually break my rule about reading no fiction about Nazy atrocities, but I think I will break it for Elizabeth Wein. But it might take time to nerve up to it.)

[estara.livejournal.com]

Understandable, but there is more implied than actually shown (and the holocaust is not focus of this novel) - for people who know their history the problem is most likely too much knowledge to fill in the blanks, heh.

It's a novel that is very worthwhile, but surely not an easy read with regards to the situation of one of the heroines.

Hey, you already made me famous anyway, so no need for hat offing! I was really extremely chuffed about the shout-out in Blood Spirits.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Oh, my hat is off to you for reading that book! I had to read way too much of that stuff during my grad years . . . and yes, what you said about too much knowledge.

[estara.livejournal.com]

Hah, I misunderstood. The book does have its firm focus on the frienship first and foremost, even if we find out about it in the beginning while "Verity" is in captivity - and that was the saving grace for me overall.

That's why I think even people who are wary about historical fiction set in WW2 may be able to enjoy it, albeit with good tears (as the GoodReads reviews show).

Now the second book set in WW2-times that E. Wein is writing is (I believe) largely set in Ravensbrück, the Konzentration camp for women. THIS will be a much harder sell for people who are aware of the horrors.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Phew. Yes!