Code Girls

"As a numbers person, I loved this book! Please tell me it is going to be turned into a TV show soon 🙏 "

"Pros and Cons of this book were: <br/><br/>Pros: <br/>1) It was very informative while being entertaining at the same time. <br/>2) The people were so likable that you felt like you had made a new friend in this book and you genuinely cared what had happened to them in life. There were a few of the people that when the author informed us that they had passed away (and this was during WWII so I shouldn't have been surprised at all) I actually cried. So yes, you get very involved with their lives. <br/>3) I mean it was women kicking butt and helping to win the war!!! What more do you need??? <br/><br/>Cons:<br/>1) The only drawback in this book was that there were SO many people to keep up with. You had to really pay attention to who was being talked about to keep up. <br/>2) The code breaking terms could be a little above my head sometimes and I wouldn't know what in the world they were talking about for a paragraph or two. <br/><br/>BUT considering that these were my only drawbacks and they really weren't bad at all, considering that it was a book about code breaking and the more the merrier as far as the people are concerned, I still REALLY enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the WWII era of history. I truly love this book and it is officially on my favorites list!"

"Read this twice, it was that good!"

"Don’t get me wrong—I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know a piece of history that has rarely been talked about. I learned a lot through this book. As non-fiction goes, though, it doesn’t rank as one of my top books. I rarely had the opportunity to spend enough time with a single person or even a single group of persons to really get to know them and care about them much as persons. The way the book jumped back and forth between different divisions, following a more chronological chain of events, had difficulty creating a coherent narrative other than “look at all these critical things women were doing.” I feel like I got more out of the earlier parts of the book where we were following a small group of people in the beginning of the era than most of the rest of the book, where we were enmeshed in the masses. Even by the time of the epilogue, in which the author went through what happened to a few of the women who had been featured more in the book, I was still having difficulty remembering the women she was talking about. Still, it was a good-enough read and I’m glad I read it."

"Yes, I think it’s worth it! I discovered it on Libby a couple of years ago and since then have listened to it each spring when I can’t remember all of the details. In audiobook terms is 12 hrs long which is pretty lengthy, but the author draws on archives, her interviews with women, and general history. I’m a Canadian who loves WW2 history, and so I’ve loved learning about American women’s involvement in the war as it’s all new to me. If you read it then let me know what you think of it!"

"It is very good. If you like this one I would recommend also the The Radium Girls. Its about this history of when the US was using radiative materials as everyday objects and the girls stories behind it. However, warning the stories are going to make you cry in the Radium Girls book."