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DeadEndia: The Divine Order by Hamish Steele

philipf's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

shocknawesome's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

theirgracegrace's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

4.75

The final volume of Deadendia completes the character arcs and plot of the first two volumes without compromising its deep societal critique, its remarkable humour and wit, and its diverse cast of characters.

The book centres on the rebellion against the Angelic Horde that began with the ending of Deadendia: The Broken Halo. Barney and Logs are dealing with the Guttman family reunion, while Norma and Asmodeus are crowned the new Demon Kings to replace the deceased Paimon and Temeluchus. Then Pael begins his plan to divide the planes once more, and it's only the return of a lost best friend that can save them.

This book particularly speaks to its diverse readership, with the culmination of many romantic arcs that began in the first book and themes of found family, strength in diversity, and standing up against oppression and bigotry. Each chapter adds new depth to each of the characters and contains plot twists that surprise and excite, and the ending is immensely satisfying. I cannot recommend this book series enough for those looking for something heartfelt and inspiring, if a little silly.
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chzdavmpr's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

christineolivia's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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autistiqueer's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring fast-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

bookameme's review

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adventurous challenging funny reflective fast-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

Entertaining & Appropriate For Adults and Kids 

 
Quote:📖
💬"Nope. Just the eerie nothingness of eternity. Cool." 
 
💬“Want me to take the potato salad?” “No, No. It’s my defense mechanism.” 
 
💬"Fine. I'm googling rousing speeches. You missed your chance." 
 
💬“So what do you think these "Angels" are, then?” 
“I don't know. But twisting the language of religion to push people down? To lie and manipulate and sow division?” 
"They sound like humans to me..." 
 
💬"To be fair, I don't think most exes fight using cannons." 

Thoughts💡
This book is funny and insightful with obvious criticisms of religious zealotry and the control people try to enforce on others to fit into an archaic system. 
I personally love comics and graphic novels and really enjoy ribald cartoons like Disenchantment, Big Mouth, and South Park. This series packed the same sort of punch but in a kid appropriate format. Which is why I can understand and am pretty excited about Netflix picking this series up to create their show Dead End: Paranormal Park. 
 
Age Range🎂
Amazon suggests this for a 9-12 year old. I think that would work for most, but I honestly think it would mostly depend on the kid. 
There isn’t any cursing or innuendo or anything like that, however there is a lot of talk about good and evil. It calls out the God figure flipping the script for angels and demons, challenging the reader and the MCs to question what right and wrong is so they can make a decision for themselves. So some families may not appreciate their younger children reading it. 
There’s also very mild violence, but a big push for a peaceful alternative. So generally I would say yes, but some very conservative religious families may not appreciate it. 
 
✨Note✨you can get away with reading just this one, but it won’t be as impactful. 
 
Stats📊
Character: 💙💙💙💙💙
YA Fantasy (Graphic Novel) : End of the World, Broken Systems (kinda), Angels and Demons, Rag Tag Team, Supernatural, Horror, Adventure, Comedy, with Gay, Muslim, South Asian, and East Asian representation📒 
⚠️ mild fantasy violence 
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treereadingabook's review

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adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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manwithanagenda's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

Everything I could have hoped for and more. This was well worth the wait.

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