Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

17 reviews

shlymiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Violence, Gun violence, Dementia, Chronic illness, Grief, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Police brutality

michelle_my_belle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I listened to the audio and the narration was excellent. Angeline Boulley does a great job of balancing the informational text about Ojibwe culture and the story and weaving its importance into who the characters are. It felt equal parts new adult, coming of age, family drama, mystery/thriller, and social commentary. I was engaged throughout the whole book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Colonisation, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

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

Minor: Racism

alexiconic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

a perfect mixture of real life events and impact with a fictionalized time, place, and community. the echoes of events in our world are omnipresent, but the story never felt like it “had” to match anything, or like it suffered from a need to attach to the present. 

this book had everything. good twists, a wonderful hero with her own demons and dilemmas, intricate and difficult family relations, friendship and community, and an articulation of that time of life where we try to find our purpose on earth. oh, and a thrilling crime-y plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Dementia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Misogyny, Gun violence, Sexual content, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Deportation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Infidelity

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

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

4.5

This book tells about a meth operation that is taking over a Native American community and killing teens. It is told from on female teen’s point of view as she tries to figure out what is going on in her community and who she can trust. She helps to show the readers the difficulties of not only being a female, but being Native American and of mixed race and how the discrimination makes life so much harder. I learned a lot about some of the history of these communities and why they do not trust outsiders and the government, they have been hurt and forgotten so many times.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Grief, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual violence

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Expertly crafted and very well written. This book absolutely deserves all the hype around it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Addiction, Death of parent, Confinement, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Ableism, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Abandonment and Abortion

I loved that Daunis and Jamie DID NOT end up together. The romance was easily the weakest part of the book for me, and I was pleasantly surprised with how the author framed their relationship and compared it to Lily and Travis at the end. Going their seperate ways was objectively the best ending here.

francestea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

The plot combined with the cultural teachings were so engaging, I couldn’t put this book down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Suicide, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident and Chronic illness

keeganrb's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse

_alina's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Death of parent, Car accident, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Rape, Drug abuse, Racism, Vomit, Violence, and Drug use

Minor: Infidelity and Body shaming

savannah_c_dipasquale's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, and Infidelity

rwmccormic's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative 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

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Colonisation, Murder, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, and Medical content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Dementia, Torture, and Medical trauma