Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

69 reviews

kimveach's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.5

I found this young-adult book fascinating.  This author has some of the characters from her first book in this second book, but it can be read independently.  I knew nothing about Native American reparations of their ancestors and objects from museums and colleges before this story.  The added mystery of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) made this story one that kept my interest from the beginning until the end.  I wish there were books like this when I was in high school.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gore, Racism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Cursing, Gaslighting, Medical content, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

whats_a_bibble's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Death

_lilyonbooks's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Racism, Car accident, Grief, Death, and Colonisation

sariereads's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cultural appropriation, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Genocide

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Kidnapping, Death, Racism, Murder, Grief, and Hate crime

tlaynejones's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Kidnapping, Blood, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Rape

eicart_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Confinement

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

njlbo1's review

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Violence, Colonisation, Confinement, and Racism

siobhanward's review

emotional informative reflective 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

I adore Boulley and her writing and will admit that at this point, I'm probably biased in my ratings. I will happily look past some of the shortcomings of this book in order to rave about it. The ending was rushed and the characters felt a lot younger than those in Firekeeper's Daughter , but an actual age gap, combined with a more modern time period in this book makes that seem reasonable.

I also have to admit that issues and conversations surrounding the repatriation of Indigenous cultural artifacts and remains from museum to collections to the communities where they belong has been something that's interested me for a while. With a background in museum studies and anthropology, it's been at the forefront of a lot of my education and to see a whole book about it was fascinating. I once again absolutely loved the characters and loved the return of some favourites from Firekeeper's Daughter . Perry and her gang of misfit toys were wonderful and I just wish this book had gone on forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Genocide

docsusan's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-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

5.0

Another winner from the author of Firekeeper’s Daughter. I could not put this down.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Kidnapping, and Racism