Code Name Verity

By: Elizabeth Wein

Narrated by: Morven Christie, Lucy Gaskell

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Code Name Verity is a compelling, emotionally rich story with universal themes of friendship and loyalty, heroism and bravery. Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during World War II: one a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a wireless operator. Yet whenever their paths cross, they complement each other perfectly and before long become devoted friends. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. The story begins in Verity's own words, as she writes her account for her captors.

©2012 Elizabeth Gatland (P)2012 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Wonderful story.

Loved it. Excellent narration. Many interesting hours spent listening. Look forward to another of her books.

Amazing

It's hard to say much without giving the story away, but this was such an incredible story. Well told, amazingly narrated, and while it is a bit heart wrenching, there is also so much love. Any fan of WWII stories needs to read this.

Very good read

Bit slow at first but catches up in the end. Bittersweet and beautiful story.

loved this book

I expected it to be good, but it was even better. It didn't take too long to get into the story, and then I couldn't put it down. Centered around a very realistically depicted best friendship set during the second world war, with intriguing historical verity sprinkled throughout.

Shocking and heartbreaking--a must read!

Wein's characters are completely captivating, and the story is both poignant and thrilling. Not only for "young adults"! Great for anyone looking for WWII historical fiction, a story of fierce female friendship, or a true page-turner!

Good

I liked the idea of the story but the pacing was very strange. Two climactic revelations happen in the middle of the book and from there to the end it’s mainly falling action. I liked learning about women pilots and spies during World War II but I felt that too much time was spent on where the narrator got ink and paper to write things down. I can suspend my disbelief about a captive’s ability to write her own memoir, but the more attention is drawn to it, the less I buy it.

All around great book!

Wow! Heroism, patriotism, bravery in a war story with a different twist. This book tells the story of two women and their involvement and actual participation in World War II. It is very unusual to read a war story told from a female point of view and experience. It made me sad, it made me happy, but it always kept me interested and listening.

Bravo to Elizabeth Wein for writing an original and fascinating war story. The narrators were excellent and made this a very compelling listen.

this was not what i normally listen to

What made the experience of listening to Code Name Verity the most enjoyable?

I found it historically interesting at the same time drew me in the the life of the women it depicts i felt the author did very well at keeping me wanting more...

Any additional comments?

I loves the whole book and found it emotional at times (i was seen with tears in my eyes) and that is what a good book should do . I loved the bond that formed between Maddie & Julia

Absolutely Wonderful

I loved every minute of this audiobook. The narration was engaging, the accents were fun, the story was thrilling, and the 2 main characters' relationship, on which the whole book was riding, made me crack up and choke up in equal measure. I've listened twice now, and it didn't lose any of its excitement in the second hearing. Can't recommend Code Name Verity highly enough.

Great!

It didn't keep me craving more but then it wasn't written like a cheap suspense novel ( I love suspense novels btw) but I loved learning a bit more about the 2nd world war through a well written novel. Very good story and writing.