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Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

54 reviews

good_names_dont_exist's review

informative mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Kidnapping, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Police brutality

lokes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

cassielaj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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

4.25

I really enjoyed reading this book and learned a lot! Boulley brings the issue of repatriation to light in a way that is accessible for readers who are unfamiliar with the concept, and she contextualizes it beautifully with Perry’s story. There were elements of the plot/mystery that were a bit predictable and a few things that felt unresolved, but I think this is a really important story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Many of the violent events technically occur off page, but discussions of rape, death, and the treatment of Indigenous people were disturbing.

ldbaker628's review

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Murder

moniipeters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

audreylee's review

dark emotional informative 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

4.0

Missing and murdered Indigenous women and the hesitancy of museums to return Indigenous Ancestors and artifacts to their communities. There is almost too much going on in this book. However, it taught as much as it intrigued. This author always writes nail biters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

bgoodbookclub's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Read for the Bad Bitch Book Club’s July 2023 BOTM.

I really enjoyed this book! The reason I marked it as 4 stars instead of 5 is because the ending was SO RUSHED! 

Overall, I love Boulley’s writing and can’t wait to see what she releases next!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

ukponge's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

kdailyreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Self harm, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Abandonment

rorikae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

'Warrior Girl Unearthed' by Angeline Boulley is a great companion to 'Firekeeper's Daughter,' taking place in the same community but a few years later.
Forced to join summer internships to pay back her aunt Daunis after wrecking her car, Perry Firekeeper-Birch's summer is not what she planned for. Pleasantly surprised by her internship at the museum and learning more about repatriation, Perry becomes fascinated by an ancestor named "Warrior Girl" whose remains are stored at a local college. She becomes determined to bring home all of the tribal items housed at the college, in the process learning more about how institutions find ways to deny tribal requests. At the same time, Indigenous girls are going missing around the community and an unexpected decision puts a wrench in Perry's repatriation goals. She'll have to bring together all of her new friends made through her internship to help return the ancestors to their rightful place on Sugar Island. 
Boulley, once again, creates an incredible YA story with rich characters and a tense plot. 'Warrior Girl Unearthed' has aspects of a heist story, a murder mystery story, coming of age, and light romance. Boulley balances all of these different aspects with expert skill that hinges on how quickly and easily it is to care for her characters. Just as in 'Firekeeper's Daughter, there is a large cast in 'Warrior Girl Unearthed' that are each wholly unique people who feel like you could meet them in real life. On top of the great character work, Boulley also delves into tribal items held in museums and archives and the broken systems that make it extremely difficult for these pieces to be returned to their homes. She also discusses the epidemic of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. Despite covering so much, each topic is given nuance and lots of consideration. Boulley is quick becoming a favorite author and I cannot wait to see what stories she tells next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Gaslighting