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Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

43 reviews

repunzee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Murder

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Gaslighting, Blood, Gun violence, Racism, Gore, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Child death

elisaviihde's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Justina Ireland knows how to write! For the second installation, I feel like the addition of Catherine’s POV was a fresh welcome. As I listened to the audiobook, I enjoyed the work that the separate narrators did for each character. Both of the charcters felt real, and the emotional core is at a right place. Heartbreaking at times, but also inspiring. I don’t know whether this is YA or not, but if it is, I’d say it’s the best that the category has to offer.

Pacing felt a bit off at times by the end of the novel, and the ending’s revelations a bit too sudden in that sense but other than that this is a great novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

brerreads's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Death, Grief, and Murder

bookishkellyn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If you loved the first book, you may hate this because it has a vastly different vibe. It’s written in split POV and features less gore but deals heavily with friendship, heartbreak, and grief. I absolutely loved all the character introspection this sequel provided.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Racism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Slavery, and Abandonment

telliot's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

wogslandwriter's review

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An absolutely stellar sequel. I am a sucker for duologies and I think this one wrapped up Jane and Katherine's story well. I am a fan of 19th century history, usually pre-Civil War, but this series was exactly my kind of thing. The book is written for a younger audience, but it doesn't feel out of place to read it as an adult. As a white person, I learned a lot about the inner feelings and experiences of black women and I hope that this book will help me have continued empathy and grace for people who do not look like me and have been harmed for generations by my ancestors and currently by other white folks. It is amazing to see Justina Ireland wrap up such complicated feelings and experiences into a zombie novel and communicate them so clearly. I am very excited for her future books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Colonisation, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Slavery, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

It's a zombie book set in the 19th century and centered around an old west caravan trip. There is violence and killing. The gore is particularly explicit, but it's definitely there.

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

cadereading's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

emmehooks's review

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The first half of this book was not it for me but I read the second half in one sitting. I would read a 3rd in the series. I disliked that Jane and Katherine’s perspectives switched between every chapter and would’ve preferred longer chunks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Xenophobia, Violence, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Colonisation, Torture, and Slavery

Minor: Cursing