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, 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!