Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

535 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

dmccormick9's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Racism, Gun violence, and Police brutality

vanessence's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

This was just perfection. I loved Daunis so much, the themes and topics touched on can be quite dark and heavy but it was written as a tragedy. By the end - after some minor twists that were quite good - you still feel hopeful even after all that’s happened and you know will continue to happen because that’s how our society works. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Addiction, Racism, and Rape

jacquelynjoan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

A million stars! This large book went so fast! I was not expecting some of the not-quite-twists, but surprises later in the book. I was deep in and then could not resist staying up past 4 am to find out what would happen next. 

This is a wonderful book full of love of community and culture and family, but in a complicated, real-feeling way. There is a lot of tragedy and saddness there, but it doesn't totally overwhelm you because there is balance and the main character is rooted in her values and has a support system. 

I live in the USA, so on Native land, and I really appreciate any opportunity to learn more about the land I live on and the people who have cared for it for centuries before my great grandparents moved here from Italy. Especially when the author makes it so fun to learn! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Child death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Homophobia, Gun violence, Genocide, Sexual violence, Murder, Dementia, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Car accident, Cancer, Bullying, Rape, and Racism

befthhh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-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? No

4.25

Deeply emotional read. Loved the author’s unapologetic use of Anishinaabemowin language. Daunis’s story was so heartbreaking at time but her resilience was remarkable. The epidemic of violence against native women needs more discussion and reading a book from the perspective of a native woman who experience violence throughout the story is a powerful way to do that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Colonisation, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, and Xenophobia

dalessilim's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious medium-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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Racism

dorkira's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug abuse

Moderate: Racism and Rape

joppiereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring reflective 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

a perfect mixture of real life events and impact with a fictionalized time, place, and community. the echoes of events in our world are omnipresent, but the story never felt like it “had” to match anything, or like it suffered from a need to attach to the present. 

this book had everything. good twists, a wonderful hero with her own demons and dilemmas, intricate and difficult family relations, friendship and community, and an articulation of that time of life where we try to find our purpose on earth. oh, and a thrilling crime-y plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Dementia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Misogyny, Gun violence, Sexual content, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Deportation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Infidelity

whatthekatdraggedin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Murder, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Death, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Alcohol and Addiction

zoerose02's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Drug abuse and Racism