A review by mglarson29
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

4.5

I really enjoyed this and I loved the character work so much. The additions of Anishinaabe culture were excellent and I learned a lot. I also very much love & appreciate anything set in the Midwest. 

The major downside for me was the rape scene towards the end of the book. I understand that rape and sexual assault happen of course, and to Indigenous women at higher rates. I think this is something that needs to be discussed and addressed in literature. Mainly, I felt like it was an unnecessary extra trauma for Daunis to go through in this narrative considering everything that had already happened to her. I don’t think the narrative would’ve suffered from excluding that scene as it didn’t do much overall for the plot. And it certainly wouldn’t have weakened the book’s themes to exclude it.