A review by reesiecup7
Code Name Badass: The True Story Of Virginia Hall by Heather Demetrios

I really wanted to like this, but the author's very conversational tone, gratuitous use of swear words, and juxtaposition of calling Virgina Hall a badass and a dame/broad at the same time just put me off. Perhaps, listening to the audiobook version intensified these issues, but overall the writing just didn't hold up for me. It felt like the author was pandering to teens and trying too hard to be cool with all her swear words and modern colloquialisms (reg, adorbs, etc). The teens I know would not appreciate this writing style and would have given up long before the end because of it.
Virginia Hall is a fascinating woman, but all of the daring things she did get lost in the writing style.