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A Filha do Guardião do Fogo

Angeline Boulley

4.4 AVERAGE

withenaych's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

I didn't read the cover so I was pretty surprised to discover a dark thriller, but the way the characters and especially the protagonist had been introduced kept me hopeful and reading even as it got quite dark. Loved all that I learned about Ashinaabe culture, from the stories to the language to the rituals. Made me reflect on the tools I would use to navigate a situation like this, and I was glad our protagonist had those at hand.

xoren's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mellgo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

stephgrani's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

It’s a perfect book

boomshieka's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

crwhipple's review against another edition

5.0

This was a fantastic read. I saw this on a best books of 2021 and knew little about it coming in. Part crime, part coming of age, and a little hockey mixed in, I really enjoyed my time with the story. I loved getting immersed in the indigenous culture imbedded throughout the story and has just increased my interest in a trip to the UP. I did a mix of Audio book and reading and the narrator was fantastic and added to the story.

Great book to start a new year!

salema's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

megmccreery's review against another edition

2.75

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

She dicked around for the first 3/4 of the book and then finally locked in during the home stretch. It just felt like none of this was cohesive, and it felt like a drag despite being called a thriller. There were so many plot lines that were opened up that were never resolved or the consequences hardly had an impact on the overall plot and how characters acted in response.

All that being said, I did learn a lot about Native culture which I did enjoy.

Content Warnings

lauwren's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

portergm's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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