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cassielaj'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: Genocide, Death, Grief, Murder, Racism, Confinement, Violence, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault
Many of the violent events technically occur off page, but discussions of rape, death, and the treatment of Indigenous people were disturbing.moniipeters'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
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence
readingwithkaitlyn's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Murder, Blood, Stalking, Bullying, Confinement, Rape, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Racial slurs, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Police brutality, Colonisation, Genocide, Abandonment, Medical content, Vomit, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization
Rape is not on page, only mentioned and discussed several times on page. There are no child deaths on page, but mentions of young children who have passed.cassellwrites's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Racism, Kidnapping, and Rape
Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, and Police brutality
monnibo's review
- 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
Graphic: Hate crime, Cultural appropriation, and Confinement
Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Colonisation
Minor: Police brutality, Violence, Sexual assault, Death, Genocide, Rape, and Suicide
getlitwithamy_'s review
- 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? Yes
4.75
It was great to see some of the characters from the previous book but for this one to focus on other characters and have a separate storyline. Perry Firekeeper-Birch is so determined and I loved her as a protagonist. Angeline Boulley did such a good job showing Perry's resourcefulness as she is placed in situations she hadn't planned on being in for the summer.
WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED is definitely character-driven, but there is still a strong plot to the story. It is a mix of both, as where FIREKEEPER felt like a mix but with more plot development than character development.
I also loved learning more about Indigenous culture! One example is the use of Ojibwemowin and English in this book. While I didn't know some of the terms that weren't translated into English, Boulley was able to place them in sentences that offered easy context for non-Ojibwe people to understand.
What was also interesting to learn more about is the repatriation process of the ancestral remains of Indigenous people. WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED deals with the topic of the MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) movement which is rarely covered in mainstream media that has Missing White Women Syndrome. The mishandling and theft of the remains of Indigenous people is a devastating occurrence since it is yet another example of white people taking something that wasn't theirs to begin with.
The light and dark parts of this book made it such a fantastic read. I loved it so much and hope that Angeline Boulley comes out with more books in the near future.
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Racism
Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Sexual content
Minor: Hate crime, Medical trauma, Genocide, Rape, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Police brutality
samburkhouse's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Grief, and Colonisation
Moderate: Death and Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality
nrogers_1030's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Kidnapping, Colonisation, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Police brutality
franzis_buecher's review
4.5
I do think I prefer the first installment, Firekeeper's Daughter, because the resolution made a bit more sense to me in that one and I didn't love the romance in this sequel as much, but I still enjoyed it immensely!
It also gave a very satisfying conclusion to some open questions from Firekeeper's Daughter, while of course Perry is the focus here and she has her own story going on.
I really loved Perry as a character and she is very different from Daunis and a force to be reckoned with!
It's also really interesting to see things and people from the first book from Perry's point of view. She was six years old in the first book and now ten years have passed and a lot has changed. Her parents also feel very different from her perspective compared to Aunt Teddie and Art from Daunis's POV. I always admire authors who can write this change of perspective well!
The side characters, especially Pauline and Team Misfit Toys, are a lot of fun as well. Cooper too, even though I didn't really get why he's described as "kooky", he seemed pretty normal to me.
I shouldn't have read the blurb on the back though, because I then expected the heist to center around the Warrior Girl in the university archives but it very much did not. She is just one starting point for Perry to think about repatriation and she wants to bring her home but the heist completely separate from that and unrelated to the university archives.
Nevertheless, it was a great story. It starts out slow as Perry learns more about repatriation and she gets more and more daring, and then picks up in the last third with the heist plan and everything.
Like in the first book, this one kept me guessing at who was behind several crimes and mysteries, and I had some suspicions but only one of them was right in the end. So the mystery part worked well for me.
There are some open questions at the end of this one too, however.
- Where did Stormy disappear to during the heist and why? And what happened to the box he took with him?
- Who hit Erik and who hit Tom and why? (Maybe I just didn't understand that part correctly because I read it at 1 am)
- Who killed Darby? (I'm guessing it was Grant, but it's never stated)
- Did Leroy get convicted? (I hope so!)
- Who is Waabun's father? (I reread the end of Firekeeper's Daughter today and am convinced that it's Jamie, but when/why/where did that happen?)
- Why is Daunis now together with TJ? (tbh I didn't even remember that he was her ex in the first one)
- Will Perry find a way to get Warrior Girl back? (I sure hope so, but it's probably gonna take a while ...)
I hope there will be a third book, maybe from Waabun's POV when he's older?
Definitely looking forward to any future installments, and I learned a lot reading this!
Graphic: Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Misogyny, and Murder
Minor: Police brutality, Rape, and Racism
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