Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

85 reviews

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Addiction, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Cultural appropriation

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

josefinessen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Spännande, fängslande och berörande. Kanske den första boken jag läser centrerad kring en ursprungsamerikan, mycket fint att få ta del av. Om vikten av att få höra till och att ha trygga personer runt sig, om att man inte alltid kan lita på de man har närmast, om att hedra de som gått före och deras kunskap. Om familj, lögner, gemenskap, droger, hemligheter, hockey, förälskelse, svek, vänskap, maktspel, traditioner och tvivel. Det är mycket i ett det här, ibland kanske lite väl mycket på en gång, men oavsett var detta en riktigt bra läsupplevelse som jag verkligen rekommenderar!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Sexism, Murder, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Rape, and Car accident

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

margaret_k30'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug abuse, Racism, Death of parent, and Addiction

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, Vomit, Rape, Physical abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Car accident, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Body shaming

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

mooncxrx's review against another edition

adventurous informative 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

3.0

it's a good book!! for my tastes though the descriptions were a bit too extensive sometimes. also the last 100 pages or so... i just did not love the way the story got resolved. it was fine but although i have never seen riverdale this is what i imagine it must be like

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

robin_reads's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This story is about  Daunis who was born and raised in between two worlds and is set in 2004. She goes undercover to help the FBI investigate a lethal mix of meth. Turns out it's a lot more complicated and intense than she could have ever imagined.

Learning about the native Ojibwe tribal traditions, life and laws was pretty great and really interesting. I love it, when native languages are used and translated, which helps the reader learn. 
What I didn't like and don't understand why it was necessary in an already tense book was the sexual assault. 
Check TW and CW if you're interested in reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Racism, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Sexism, Misogyny, Blood, Vomit, and Car accident

galexy_brain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

What a page-turner! I needed to know more. I appreciated the story's invitation into the lives of indigenous folks on a reservation and learning more about Anishnaabe language and culture. I found

her brother being involved in the drug ring predictable because Daunis idolized him the whole time, even when he was evidently shitty in some ways. I also found Daunis's experience of grief to fall flat partially, but I'm no expert on how people process grief. It's just that as a reader I didn't really feel her grief very strongly, or find it particularly sad when Lily died, since we barely got to know her beforehand. I also really wanted to find out what was going on with the Little People but they never reappeared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Racism, Alcohol, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Abandonment, Confinement, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Xenophobia

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/firekeepers-daughter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Car accident, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Death, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Murder, Rape, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Grief, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Blood