Pentapod reviewed Rose under fire by Elizabeth Wein
Review of 'Rose under fire' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This was not as good as "Code Name Verity" but it was still a good read. It's a sobering picture of the atrocities of WWII and in particular Ravensbruck, told through the eyes of an American pilot who gets captured and tells the story through a combination of memoirs and flashbacks. I found it a bit heavy going at times; I think the alternating characters in Code Name Verity helped break up the narrative in that book, and Julie was a much stronger and more interesting character than Rose.
There were a couple of mentions of the events in Code Name Verity as Maddie is a character so you get to see a little more of Maddie's continuing life, but they're essentially different stories with no need to read the other first.
