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claire_ingram1987 's review for:
Girl Divided
by Willow Rose
It’s taken me a few days to write this review because I’m still unsure how I feel. In some senses I loved the book and others I felt it was a bit meh.
Well firstly the book follows Jetta who lives in an dystopian future that’s set in a second civil war of the “blacks” vs “whites”
You find through the books that Jetta is special not just from her appearance which is literally half white half black.
Now the author uses cases from history in a show that history will repeat itself and for the most part this seems realistic. There were some things that were far fetched and could easily have been changed to make it more realistic but overall it was good and mostly believable for that part. I also loved the use of alternative mythologies that you rarely see on literature (the book Incorporates Finnish and African mythology) and I found this really interesting however there isn’t really much explanation into the characters and since I had no previous knowledge of the mythology o found at parts it was just confusing.
I didn’t really connect with any of the characters even Jetta who kept making the same mistakes over and over and didn’t really grow much in the book. The book didn’t feel conclusive and maybe this is because there will be a second book who knows.
Now the next bit is a tiny spoiler so *spoiler alert*
My other issue with the book was the ghosts with the rattling bones ...like ..what? Are they ghosts or are they skeletons because this makes no sense and it isn’t clear the whole death thing and the rules surrounding this. Like is the afterlife racist? What?
I found myself getting bored at parts and just overall confused as the story definitely lacked clarity.
Overall a good idea and great use of alternative mythology but it needs a lot of refining and clarity.
Well firstly the book follows Jetta who lives in an dystopian future that’s set in a second civil war of the “blacks” vs “whites”
You find through the books that Jetta is special not just from her appearance which is literally half white half black.
Now the author uses cases from history in a show that history will repeat itself and for the most part this seems realistic. There were some things that were far fetched and could easily have been changed to make it more realistic but overall it was good and mostly believable for that part. I also loved the use of alternative mythologies that you rarely see on literature (the book Incorporates Finnish and African mythology) and I found this really interesting however there isn’t really much explanation into the characters and since I had no previous knowledge of the mythology o found at parts it was just confusing.
I didn’t really connect with any of the characters even Jetta who kept making the same mistakes over and over and didn’t really grow much in the book. The book didn’t feel conclusive and maybe this is because there will be a second book who knows.
Now the next bit is a tiny spoiler so *spoiler alert*
My other issue with the book was the ghosts with the rattling bones ...like ..what? Are they ghosts or are they skeletons because this makes no sense and it isn’t clear the whole death thing and the rules surrounding this. Like is the afterlife racist? What?
I found myself getting bored at parts and just overall confused as the story definitely lacked clarity.
Overall a good idea and great use of alternative mythology but it needs a lot of refining and clarity.