The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
jessthanthree's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Racism, Rape, Death, Medical trauma, Addiction, and Car accident
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Bullying, Infidelity, Stalking, Body shaming, Excrement, Torture, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, and Vomit
Minor: Trafficking, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy
kenzers8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Death, Violence, Rape, Addiction, Car accident, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Excrement, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Medical content, Mental illness, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Vomit
maddiebusick's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Violence, and Suicide
Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Addiction, Vomit, Cursing, Excrement, Blood, Confinement, Dementia, Racism, Sexism, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Colonisation
maple_dove's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
"DNA tests can tell you what tribe you're from?"
"Shhh." Fingers to lips again.
He turns to me. Awfully close. I move a step away and keep talking in a low voice.
"You're thinking of those bullshit ancestry tests where you mail your spit in a test tube and they say you're eighteen percent Native American. Those tests are imperfect. They generalize results to geographic regions, not countries or tribes or bands. People take those tests and think they can enroll in a tribe. It doesn't work like that." (Pg. 198)
"Love means wanting you to have a good life, even if I'm not in it. And your love for me? It should be that strong, so you want that for me, too." (pg. 477)
Graphic: Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Suicide
Moderate: Excrement, Rape, and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy
Victim blaming (graphic)wing_san's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
This book is a coming of age story that reminds us that sometimes wisdom comes in the harshest of ways. I appreciated the very real depictions of how
While knowledge of histories such as residential schools (or, as the book calls it, "boarding schools") and the Sixties Scoop is not necessary, it's clear that the history informs the actions of many characters, including Daunis and her elders. I highly recommend looking into these histories before or as you are reading this book.
Overall, I think it was a well-written book with important themes. Boulley did a good job of leaving hints and foreshadowing as the book went along. My only real issues were with pacing and the ending. It was hard at times to know if months, days, or merely hours had passed in the narrative. This may have been an issue with listening by audiobook, however. As for the ending... it felt like it was merely there to tie loose ends in the plot, like the ending screen in a documentary stating what happened after filming ended. The knowledge was satisfying, but the way it was written wasn't.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Murder, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism, Car accident, Alcohol, Addiction, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Excrement, Bullying, Vomit, Blood, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Torture, Child death, and Homophobia
Daunis is 18 years old