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emily_mh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Racism
Moderate: Blood, Murder, Cursing, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Car accident, Death, Rape, Sexism, and Grief
Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Addiction, Slavery, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Animal death, Excrement, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Abandonment, Ableism, Drug abuse, Cannibalism, War, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Child abuse
Major: theft, missing loved one, MMIWG2S Moderate: trichotillomania, blackmailing Minor: menstruation, childbirth, grooming, one use of the anti_Inuit e-slur, blood quantum, residential schools, loss of a loved onelokes's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Police brutality, Grief, Colonisation, Cursing, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Car accident, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, and Sexism
Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Racial slurs, Sexism, Alcohol, Addiction, Medical content, Misogyny, and Murder
brokenbodybitch's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Trafficking, Torture, Genocide, Racism, Confinement, Grief, Hate crime, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Body horror, Classism, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Rape
betweentheshelves'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? It's complicated
3.5
So, she's interning at the museum for the summer. That's where she meets Team Misfit Toys, the other outcasts of the intern program. With them, maybe the summer won't be so bad after all. However, when Perry goes to a meeting and learns about "Warrior Girl," an ancestor whose bones are stored in the museum archive, she becomes determined to return her to her tribe.
Thanks to Macmillan and NetGalley for an advaced copy of Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley to review! Of course, Firekeeper's Daughter was such a success last year, I was curious to see Boulley's follow up. This is a companion novel of sorts, though I think you can read it without reading Firekeeper's Daughter. You'll just miss some background information from the first book.
First of all, this book is packed full of information about Native American artifacts being in museums, the laws behind them, etc. There's a lot of interesting stuff there, and a lot of it I didn't know. However, I do think it makes the plot drag a bit, and I'm not sure how much it will attract teens overall to this story. Though if slow burn mysteries are your thing, this might just hit the spot.
I found myself not as drawn into this story as I was for Firekeeper's Daughter, and part of me wonders if that's because I listened to that one instead. But I wasn't invested in the characters or in the story. The story didn't seem to flow as well, and it felt like overall, the book was slightly too long.
However, I'm loving that more Native authors are getting published and that these kinds of stories exist in the world. Especially when they show a perspective that not a lot of people know about. Always appreciate learning new things when I read, honestly!
Overall, I'm not sure this will get the hype that Firekeeper's Daughter did, but still a good sophomore novel either way.
Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Racism
Minor: Drug use, Rape, and Addiction
marywahlmeierbracciano's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Colonisation, Mental illness, Car accident, Grief, Pregnancy, and Confinement
Moderate: Violence, Rape, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Child death
Minor: Vomit, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Addiction, Police brutality, and Death of parent