THIS BOOK.
Where do I even start with this book?
I know. Have you ever read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green? Fantastic book, yes? My all-time favorite. I own six copies. (That is not a joke). Code Name Verity came very, very close to beating it.
Okay, in an attempt to try to get my thoughts together about this book, let me list off the things I liked about it.
1) The setting. World War II, England and France. Also a bit of Scotland.
2) THE CHARACTERS. Queenie was so, so well-developed and fleshed out as a character and so complex and so real and HER VOICE.
3) Queenie's voice. The author (Elizabeth Wein) could not have chosen a better format for this story. It's told from Queenie's perspective, as Queenie is writing a journal/document of her life in exchange for not being tortured by her German captors. She is such a unique character - she is raw, she is funny, she is resilient, she is clever, she is broken but still somehow unbroken.
4) THE CHARACTERS. Women. Who are spies. And airplane pilots. In World War II. Need I say more?
5) THE PLOT TWIST.
6) The friendship between Maddie and Queenie. It's been far too long since I've read a really good YA book with really good friendships - not really good romances, or love triangles, or one night stands - just really, really effing good friendships. Maddie and Queenie's friendship is basically the foundation of this book.
7) THE OTHER PLOT TWIST.
People who should read this book: Literally everyone.
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