Jubilee vs The War Within: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: United States Civil War, Slavery, United States, History, Children's fiction, Fiction
Jubilee
The fortunes of a mulatto girl--as a slave during the Civil War and then as a woman freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
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The War Within
In 1862, after Union forces expel Hannah's family from Holly Springs, Mississippi, because they are Jews, Hannah reexamines her views regarding slavery and the war.
The verdict
- Readers rate Jubilee highest: Jubilee 4.4 · The War Within 4.0.
- The War Within is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 7 for Jubilee.
- Jubilee has the widest readership — 7260 ratings behind its score.
- Jubilee runs the darker storyline; The War Within stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Jubilee | The War Within | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (7260) | 4.1 (156) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (9) | 3.0 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (49) | — |
Reception
| Jubilee | The War Within | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7260 | 156 |
| Editions | 26 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 16929 | — |
| Reading it now | 780 | — |
| Written reviews | 845 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 558 | 39 |
| Pages | 416 | 154 |