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Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

87 reviews

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

mommarex1221's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

One of those books that alters your view of everything around you. 💚

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

minimarie's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

Read TW before reading. This is about Daunis having a mental battle on wondering if she is doing the correct thing, if helping investigate her community that has now been suffering losses due to an increase in drug use. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Car accident

The entirety of the plot is based on Daunis investigating the drug use and distribution in her community so it does mention it quite often. Anything I put for minor TW is only mentioned like 2 or 3 times Max, EXPECT for the sexual assault/rape as they do mention it much more but not in detail.

lucys_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

ummmmmmm..... wow. Honestly I cant get over how good this book was. I think that some books stay with you for a long time, but I know that this book will stay with me forever. I loved the mystery and plot twists, but I fell in love with this book for the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Rape and Police brutality

danidamico's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? N/A

4.0

Creo que esta es mi primera lectura escrita por una autora nativa. Me pareció una novela hermosa, que mezcla el coming of age de la literatura YA con la tensión de un policial. Mezcla casi a la perfección la emotividad del aprendizaje y las experiencias de Daunis con la oscuridad y la violencia del narcotráfico. Me encantó que uno de los enfoques principales de Firekeeper's Daughter sea la reivindicación de las mujeres nativas y el repudio a la violencia racista y patriarcal.

Angeline Boulley construyó una historia que, a pesar de la tragedia, logra ser luminosa y trascender, resaltando los aspectos valiosos de su comunidad. Si tuviera que marcar un par de cosas que no me gustaron del todo diría: 1) la reiteración de datos que ya fueron mencionados y comprendidos. Hay ciertas cosas que la autora repite más de cinco veces a lo largo del texto a pesar de que ya quedaron claras, lo cual por momentos vuelve un poco torpe la escritura; y 2) no me terminó de convencer el romance. No impidió que me enganchara con la novela ni nada por el estilo, no lo detesté, peeero creo que fue la parte de la historia que menos creíble y necesaria me resultó, los dos personajes podrían haberse hecho amigos y ya. Las partes más bellas del libro son justamente cuando la autora se enfoca en la amistad, la familia y la comunidad, en esas conexiones imperfectas pero fuertes.

En fin, es una novela super recomendable y espero que la adaptación a miniserie de Netflix le haga justicia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Colonisation

abhi_424's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction and Rape

madelinemerritt's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

3.5

I have very mixed feelings about this book. Overall, I enjoyed Firekeeper’s Daughter and would recommend it as a more advanced YA read. There were things that I absolutely adored about it, and some things that I just didn’t enjoy as a reader. Without further ado… a pros and cons list. 

PROS ❤️

•The exploration of Native American culture, particularly the experiences of women, was exquisite. The “local informs the new guy” plot was such an immersive and informative means of delivering information. 

•This book, particularly the second half, was a true page turner. The cliff hanger chapters had me flipping through this book on the edge of my seat. 

CONS ⭐️

•I did not like the protagonist as a narrator. Being that this was written in first person, the fact that I was not fond of her put a bit of a damper on my reading. She was a book smart know it all type, and the obsessive stating of scientific facts in dialogue and internal monologue felt forced and was irritating to me as a reader. She also gave many characters long winded nicknames and would refer to them as such any time she was thinking about them. As a character, I felt neither wildly good nor bad about her. As a narrator, she is not one I would want to read again. 

•I think that over 150 pages could have been cut from this book without any real damage to the plot. The pace of the first 2/3 of the book was trudging, though it was redeemed with a snappy ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Grief

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Racial slurs

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

ecbook27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Murder