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Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

23 reviews

zoepagereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse

weirdemosrus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Child death

antidietleah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

moonbasket's review against another edition

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

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

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

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.

emmehooks's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, and Colonisation

Minor: Cursing

sparklefarm's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.25

Hm. Here's an example of why I don't usually read YA - these characters were so dramatic. SO DRAMATIC. I would say they were "acting like it was life or death" but it actually was life or death ...... but depicted in such a black-and-white way. Other things that irked me:
- Parts 1 and 2 feel like separate books. I think they should have been.
- The audiobook narrator for Katherine's POV (I'm sorry!!)
- Lots of repetitive language/phrases.
- Twists were not as twisty - a bit more predictable than the first book.

Things I liked:
- Having a Katherine POV - it made me understand and like the character more.
- Various LGBT reps!
- The ending! I thought things were wrapped up nicely, but not too neatly, which was right on point.

I don't think YA Hannah would have had qualms at all about this book. 5 stars from her 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery and Torture

bookhookedheather's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, and War

lilacs_book_bower's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

3.0

I really enjoyed the first book.  Jane had such an engaging, funny voice, and she was really a character to root for.  It is an intriguing alternate history, where zombies (called shamblers) rise from the dead on the battlefields of Gettysburg, and kill and bite/turn people.  Black people are used as cannon fodder in the war against the dead, and young Black women can be trained to fight the dead and protect white women.  In the sequel, after the town of Summerland falls to shamblers, Jane and her friends escape, but there is an immediate death that sends Jane into depression and on a quest for revenge (over a character that I did not think was remotely worth it, but love is weird).  While the change in her character makes sense due to the plot, I really missed the old Jane's voice, and consequently didn't enjoy this book nearly as much.  It didn't feel like there was a lot to this book, if that makes sense.  On the plus side, we now have Katherine as a narrator, in addition to Jane, and I liked seeing her POV (and her ace rep).  Katherine, and her loyalty to her best friend Jane, is the saving grace of this story.  Ireland shows multiple races in the 1800s Western US and handles well the explanations of racism against Black people, and the stress that puts on them, just to survive.   On the negative side, story lines feel half-fleshed out, characters that should interact don't, the pacing was uneven, and I'm not entirely comfortable with the way Ireland handled the discussion of the Chinese immigrants or the Native Americans.  The book felt way too long for the amount of plot that actually happens.  I was looking forward to this one, and unfortunately, I was disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism