Rating: 2/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 Code Name Verity takes place mainly in Nazi-occupied France during WWII. Julie, "Code-name 'Verity'" is caught quickly and made prisoner. She flew over with her best friend, Maddie. They were shot at and Maddie was unable to control the plane properly, so Julie escaped with a parachute, Maddie landed the best way she could, but they were separated. Another problem - their identifications were swapped, and without it, Julie has no chance of survival in the prison. She is forced to recount her mission and give any useful information in exchange for being allowed to live longer. 
 The first part of this book was putting me to sleep. I tried to enjoy this book, I really did. It got such amazing reviews and people said it made them cry and they couldn't put it down, but I just didn't feel any of that. I found it quite boring because for the majority of the book, we were only told about flying planes. I don't have a huge issues with books centred around flying, but it was just the dull way it was told that bored me. (If you're looking for a good book mainly about flying, check out Breaking Sky - it was wonderful.) I didn't feel much of a connection to Julie, but she was a pretty brave character. 
 The second part of the book was much better than the first. This part of the book is told from another perspective, but I won't say whose for fear of spoiling the book for somebody. During this portion we don't hear as much about flying. Instead, it's mainly about refugees and how Julie's story is entwined with other peoples'. I actually found this part fairly enjoyable towards the end, but unlike some of the people who read this, it didn't really make me cry. (view spoiler)[ I didn't feel enough of a connection to Julie for it to make me super sad when she died. It was sad, but not sad enough to make me cry. (hide spoiler)] 
 Overall, I didn't like this book all that much. It definitely wasn't the author's fault, but more of my own. I just wasn't into the story that much. I'm not super into books about WWII, so that played a factor into me not liking it as well. I'd say that if you're interested in the time period and don't mind a lot of talk about planes, definitely go for it. If, like me, that isn't really your thing, I don't think you'll enjoy it.