Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

17 reviews

pamelakluna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Death, Religious bigotry, Violence, Addiction, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Suicide, Murder, Rape, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Minor: Kidnapping and Car accident

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, and Infidelity

vonny3492's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

corvidprince's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual assault

alexture's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

📖 Daunis Fontaine a 18 ans. Son père est Ojibwe (Anishinaabe), sa mère blanche, et elle n'est la bienvenue à la réserve que pendant les vacances et dans son village que pendant l'année scolaire. Elle doit abandonner ses rêves d'études de médecine pour s'occuper de sa mère.
Heureusement, il y a Jamie, le nouveau joueur de hockey de l'équipe locale. Mais alors qu'elle commence à tomber amoureuse de lui, Daunis est témoin d'un meurtre atroce et se retrouve mêlée à une enquête du FBI sur des horreurs cachées de la région et sur le trafic de drogue dans la région.
Daunis accepte de coopérer avec le FBI et de leur apporter sa connaissance des psychotropes traditionnels des Ojibwe, mais rapidement, elle comprend qu'elle est elle-même en danger.

💭 Je ne lis pas souvent de thrillers Young Adult. Beaucoup de thrillers, beaucoup de YA, mais très peu de thrillers YA. Et maintenant que j'ai lu celui-ci, je ne suis pas sûr d'en trouver un jour un aussi bien que ça. J'ai commencé le roman en me disant que j'allais lire une fiction contemporaine avec une romance mignonne. 100 pages plus tard, je navigais entre meurtres, viols et overdoses et je perdais tous mes moyens. Attention donc à ne pas entamer la lecture sans avoir jeté un oeil aux avertissements de contenu, le roman est SOMBRE. Mais si vous en avez la possibilité, alors n'hésitez surtout pas à vous lancer dans ce chef-d'oeuvre !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Addiction, Colonisation, Murder, Child death, Drug abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Cultural appropriation, and Pedophilia

Minor: Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

tahsintries's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs

soobooksalot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Go ahead, this is one book you can judge by it's cover. The Firekeeper's Daughter is stunning both inside and out.
 So much positive has been said about this amazing Own Voices debut from Angeline Boulley and it's all well-deserved. It's rare when a novel's characters pull me into a story so early on.
 By genre, The Firekeeper's Daughter is a mystery. There's a meth crisis in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and the nearby reservation in the early 2000s, and someone wants to know who is producing and distributing.
 But in reality it's so much more. It's a character-driven drama, a portrait of a community both united and tainted; of love and loss. It's one of family and Ojibwe culture, traditions and spirituality.
 This is one of those special books that envelops you in the experience, the writing itself almost bigger than the tale it needs to tell. 
 Go in blind, and enjoy. Even five months into the year, I know this is a standout read for 2021. Absolutely recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Rape