Reviews tagging 'Death'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

723 reviews

triciawil's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

internationalreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I absolutely loved this until the last 10% or so. I wanted to see more of the case wrapping up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ruffian23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Colonisation

jesspajamas's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

The Firekeeper’s Daughter immediately hooked me in and was a beautiful read from start to finish. I feel like it’s categorized as YA due to the age of the protagonist, Daunis, who has just graduated high school. But the themes that the narrative touches on are extremely mature. Daunis’ story covers a LOT - an Anishinaabe community grappling with the violent after-effects of colonization, loss of loved ones, drug abuse, missing and murdered indigenous women, and SA - but each topic is handled with deep care and complexity. I cried throughout this book both from the depth of pain that Daunis and her Ojibwe community experience, and from the depth of love and connection that the community holds in equal measure. The Firekeeper’s Daughter is fundamentally a story about love and the strength that we find within ourselves when we know that our community has our back. It reads like a love letter to Indigenous women and the cultural teachings that colonization could not erase. As a non-native person I am so grateful for all that Boulley shared about Ojibwe culture through Daunis and her elders, friends, and family. Miigwech!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

alison33445's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, and Rape

whiskeywoman79's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

 Fiction / Young Adult / Indigenous / Mystery / Romance

TW: sexual assault, rape, suicide, death of a loved one, addiction, drug use

Woah. I started this earlier this year and I was not in the right head space to finish it, I was ready now. This was a heartbreaking story but also a story of resilience.

I don't think that my thoughts and personal takeaway from the story are helpful to the conversation, please see the reviews from #ownvoices or #firstnation or other Indigenous reviewers

"There is healing medicine in those kisses." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

lilcubana31's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Murder

leahkalantai's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Grief

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

aliciaallen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use and Violence

pengustorm's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, and Murder