Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

104 reviews

miniingrid's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, Infidelity, Addiction, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Rape, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Torture and Slavery

jenheartbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Really compelling story- my only criticism is that the teenagers are engaged in awfully mature activities: 17 year-olds buying land and wiring money. Also, their parents are perfectly comfortable with them drinking and having sex. Those parts just didn't ring true. Maybe it's a cultural thing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Rape

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Bullying, Addiction, Trafficking, Gun violence, Suicide, Confinement, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Cursing

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Colonisation, Rape, and Racism

Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Fire/Fire injury

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Racism, Rape, Death, Medical trauma, Addiction, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Bullying, Infidelity, Stalking, Body shaming, Excrement, Torture, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, and Vomit

Minor: Trafficking, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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? No

4.75

I enjoyed this book on a lot of levels--the plot, the characters, the mystery, what I learned about Ojibwe culture and traditions--and definitely found it suspenseful and engaging. I wouldn't say the writing itself is my favorite (I felt like it did a lot of telling rather than showing), but it wasn't bad by any means and didn't distract from the story. I couldn't tell how it was going to end and I felt pretty satisfied with the ending

(especially that it didn't force a HEA for the romance when that would have been unhealthy)

. Overall I'd definitely recommend this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death, Grief, Racism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Suicide, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Fatphobia, Car accident, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Racial slurs, Torture, Sexual content, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Ableism, and Alcoholism

math_scooter's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.75

Virkeligt en gribende bog der både fik mig til at græde flere gange og være så sur at jeg var nødt til at fortælle alle omkring mig om handlingen. Selvom jeg havde på fornemmelse at jeg havde gættet slutningen kom den stadig med flere twist og handlinger jeg ikke havde set komme på lang afstand på samme måde. Jeg vil virkeligt anbefale at alle læser denne bog, men specifikt at man hører den som lydbog hvis man kan fordi oplæseren (Isabella Star LaBlanc) er virkeligt god og gav en  følelse og forståelse af historien jeg ikke havde opnået ved at læse selv. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, Confinement, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Addiction, Medical content, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Stalking, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Homophobia

findleydunn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Dementia, Death, Cultural appropriation, Sexual violence, Classism, Confinement, Car accident, Blood, Vomit, Violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Addiction

tagau's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

3.5

This was a difficult book for me to get into, it wasn’t until I was ½ way though that I really became invested in the story.

Once I was hooked though that was it. I finished the book in a matter of hours because I just had to know how it ended and if Justice was served. There are many lessons to be learned from this book. Lots of little tidbits of information that I can remember my grandmother telling me that I had almost forgotten. If nothing else, it’s a good read for those tidbits alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Murder, Hate crime, Racism, Drug use, Car accident, and Addiction

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape and Homophobia

nefariousbee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I think it's mostly me, I have to accept mysteries are just not for me. I can't tell you if the book is boring and predictable and the pacing doesn't make sense and the characters sometimes seem so out of character etc etc because that might have been me being done with the genre. at least partly, that is. it was easy to read tho, so there's that.
the biggest asset of this book for me was the huge part that played the MC's indigenous American heritage. absolutely loved that and I wish there were more stories with such deep and loving portrayal of an indigenous culture.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Rape, Car accident, Confinement, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Sexism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Dementia, Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, and Gaslighting