Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

47 reviews

ajaggers324's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense 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

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Rape, Addiction, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, and Drug abuse

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Addiction, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Cultural appropriation

natkbailey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death, and Alcohol

megob's review against another edition

I really loved the book, up until the part where I stopped.

I totally understand that books can't all have a happy ending, and that this ending--had I read it--probably wouldn't be *un*happy, but I'm disappointed that that's how it went. Yeah, I was surprised, but I wouldn't have read the book knowing the ending. And that kinda ruins it for me.

 

First half of the book gets 5 stars. Third quarter gets 4 stars. Last 6% gets a DNF 🤷

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Addiction, Violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racism, Car accident, Confinement, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

If you're looking for spoilers based on content warnings.

the main character experiences or sees all the things listed above happen in her community. Multiple deaths throughout the book, many of which the reader is present for. Descriptions of her grief after these deaths. Neurodivergency affecting her experience of grief and understanding of the situations. A gun is directed at the main character. Descriptions of those in the throes of addiction. Graphic description of sexual assault with "fade to black" followed by internal and external gaslighting and the suggestion that this was not his first assault. Drugging and kidnapping resulting in confinement and forced compliance with illegal activity. Car accident follows which results in medical trauma and death.

At that point I stopped reading, so I'm not certain if anyone was brought to justice but it seems like they would be. Putting it all out there it seems like a horrible story, but it's really really not! The pacing and atmosphere of the first half of the book are very different from the last half.

galexy_brain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.0

What a page-turner! I needed to know more. I appreciated the story's invitation into the lives of indigenous folks on a reservation and learning more about Anishnaabe language and culture. I found

her brother being involved in the drug ring predictable because Daunis idolized him the whole time, even when he was evidently shitty in some ways. I also found Daunis's experience of grief to fall flat partially, but I'm no expert on how people process grief. It's just that as a reader I didn't really feel her grief very strongly, or find it particularly sad when Lily died, since we barely got to know her beforehand. I also really wanted to find out what was going on with the Little People but they never reappeared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Racism, Alcohol, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Abandonment, Confinement, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Xenophobia

emsim's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Holy shit. This book was stunning. Heartbreaking. Healing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Car accident, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, and Confinement

eve81's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism

awatt12's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Rape, Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

hotbitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-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

Graphic: Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Addiction, Child death, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Racism, Trafficking, Homophobia, Rape, and Violence

maggievanningen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Grief, Sexual assault, Murder, Addiction, Rape, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting