Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

86 reviews

kennedyevermore's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is truly amazing. 

Daunis is such a great character and I loved reading this book through her perspective. From the very first chapter she is given so much personality  and it was so easy to fall in love with her. The other characters in this book are also given so much personality and life. 

The pace of this book starts a little slow, but once it starts moving it doesn’t stop until the end. I never knew what was going to happen next in this book. I never knew who I could trust. This was one of the most tense books I’ve read in a long time just because I was rooting so hard for the characters.

The romantic aspect of this book is also very well done. It’s sort of a fake-dating trope (which I love), but it’s so much more than that.

The setting and culture in this book is perfectly written and so vivid. I learned so much about Daunis’s culture and the problems her community faces both from the federal government and drugs. I loved her struggle with deciding between helping her community, and having to help the federal government to do it. 

I cannot say enough good things about this book. I highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Racial slurs

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

monnibo'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Suicide, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Drug abuse, Death, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Rape, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Colonisation

gm_vak's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Violence

iloivar's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully written; read when you are ready for some intense feelings about dark subjects to sneak up through relatively non-graphic story points. This book manages to fold together dark themes and hopeful ones into a compelling sleuth mystery story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

sapphicreads64's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

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

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death, Suicide, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

3.5

I am of two minds about this book. On the one hand, I thought that the themes and messages were fantastic, but unfortunately, I thought the plot itself fell short.

In my opinion, the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge and commentary was excellent. The author seamlessly incorporated Anishinaabemowin words, Ojibwe cultural teachings and traditions, and discussed historical and contemporary social political issues. The messaging about colonialism, systemic oppression, mixed-race identity, healthy relationships, etc. was great.

Sadly, I found the plot to be a bit hokey, in that it was very unbelievable yet simultaneously predictable.

The FBI sending an undercover agent into a HIGH SCHOOL and recruiting an 18-year-old as a CI? Come on… And a bunch of high school kids running a meth operation and trying to recruit a science nerd to cook the best meth?? Ok Walter White… I think it would have been significantly less cringey if the author had aged the characters up to be university students

I will say, the last third of the book did improve the plot, but ultimately, it was quite a bit more YA than I was expecting/hoping. 

Overall, I would recommend the book, and encourage readers to push through the beginning.

Specific to the audiobook:
I would absolutely recommend listening to this as an audiobook. Isabella Star LaBlanc did a fantastic job narrating and it was great to hear the correct pronunciation of Anishinaabemowin words.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Death, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Racism, Kidnapping, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Homophobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Cursing, and Cultural appropriation

mo345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

i really wanted to like this book, but i just couldn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit