Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

22 reviews

oriana095's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, Addiction, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

nerp's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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

I’m usually really skeptical of popular YA books, but this was excellent. Audio was phenomenal. Really nailed it on all fronts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction and Kidnapping

Minor: Colonisation, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Classism

aelunny's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It's a great mystery novel that gives Nancy Drew, and also centers native culture, real contemporary issues, and native women. Big recommend if you're looking to get sucked into something!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Car accident, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Sexual assault, Racism, Addiction, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Stalking, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Classism, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation

maple_dove's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

My favorite quotes from this book:

"DNA tests can tell you what tribe you're from?"
"Shhh." Fingers to lips again.
He turns to me. Awfully close. I move a step away and keep talking in a low voice.
"You're thinking of those bullshit ancestry tests where you mail your spit in a test tube and they say you're eighteen percent Native American. Those tests are imperfect. They generalize results to geographic regions, not countries or tribes or bands. People take those tests and think they can enroll in a tribe. It doesn't work like that." (Pg. 198)

"Love means wanting you to have a good life, even if I'm not in it. And your love for me? It should be that strong, so you want that for me, too." (pg. 477)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Suicide

Moderate: Excrement, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

Victim blaming (graphic)

barefootbetsy's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Death, Car accident, Addiction, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Grief, Confinement, Classism, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Gaslighting, Genocide, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Racism

sophie42's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Vomit, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Car accident, and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

samantha_blue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Confinement, Racism, Grief, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gun violence, Addiction, and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Body shaming, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

vanessa_44's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

isleoflinds's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Minor: Genocide, Medical content, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Trafficking

creationwing's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This review is based on the audiobook.

This book is a coming of age story that reminds us that sometimes wisdom comes in the harshest of ways. I appreciated the very real depictions of how

grief relating to death and "lost ones"

manifests in different ways for different people.

While knowledge of histories such as residential schools (or, as the book calls it, "boarding schools") and the Sixties Scoop is not necessary, it's clear that the history informs the actions of many characters, including Daunis and her elders. I highly recommend looking into these histories before or as you are reading this book.

Overall, I think it was a well-written book with important themes. Boulley did a good job of leaving hints and foreshadowing as the book went along. My only real issues were with pacing and the ending. It was hard at times to know if months, days, or merely hours had passed in the narrative. This may have been an issue with listening by audiobook, however. As for the ending... it felt like it was merely there to tie loose ends in the plot, like the ending screen in a documentary stating what happened after filming ended. The knowledge was satisfying, but the way it was written wasn't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Murder, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism, Car accident, Alcohol, Addiction, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Excrement, Bullying, Vomit, Blood, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Torture, Child death, and Homophobia

Daunis is 18 years old

at the start of the book, which means this book really skirts the line of adult/minor relationship, in my opinion

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