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Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

46 reviews

tagau's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

This was a difficult book for me to get into, it wasn’t until I was ½ way though that I really became invested in the story.

Once I was hooked though that was it. I finished the book in a matter of hours because I just had to know how it ended and if Justice was served. There are many lessons to be learned from this book. Lots of little tidbits of information that I can remember my grandmother telling me that I had almost forgotten. If nothing else, it’s a good read for those tidbits alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

margotpolo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

nefariousbee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

I think it's mostly me, I have to accept mysteries are just not for me. I can't tell you if the book is boring and predictable and the pacing doesn't make sense and the characters sometimes seem so out of character etc etc because that might have been me being done with the genre. at least partly, that is. it was easy to read tho, so there's that.
the biggest asset of this book for me was the huge part that played the MC's indigenous American heritage. absolutely loved that and I wish there were more stories with such deep and loving portrayal of an indigenous culture.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Dementia, Grief, and Gaslighting

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

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

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.

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/firekeepers-daughter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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: Death and Kidnapping

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

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

Moderate: Ableism

youngsk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

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

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