Probably more like a 3.5 stars. 
 I feel a bit conflicted because Code Name Verity was one of my favourite books from last year and remains one of the most memorable books I've ever read. 
 Rose doesn't have the same clever crafting or sucker punch plot twist that Verity had - instead it has mediocre poetry that is trying to be more profound and meaningful that it really is. 
 Rose Under Fire is the story of another young female pilot. Rose is a transport pilot who ends up being captured by german fighters and sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp. The majority of the book occurs at the camp with intermittent flashforwards to the present day, (immediately removing some of the suspense because you already know she survives). Conditions at the camp are abhorrent as you would expect and Wein does a half decent job of describing the atrocities that happened there to young Polish women who were subjected to extreme medical experimentation (nicknamed the "rabbits"). The camp chapters are gripping reading but moreso for the content rather than the writing. The recurring theme is that the rabbits story must be told, that someone must "tell the world" and I applaud Wein for choosing to tell this particular story. It is a good reminder of how far reaching the Nazi evil was and how war time horrors happened to so many people, from all walks of life and religions. 
 Overall though I didn't feel as emotionally invested as I did in Verity. I don't know why. I cried near the end when Rose meets Roza again, but at the 90% mark it felt a bit like too little, too late. 
 Despite my misgivings about the writing/poetry device/lack of emotional connect, it is an important story. Important that people are still "telling the world", that we don't forget, that we remember and bear witness, and for that I have been generous and gave it 4 stars.