Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

20 reviews

rgraubart's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Mental illness, and Addiction

_minucelli's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Death, Rape, Mental illness, and Drug use

rocketsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Violence, and Religious bigotry

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Addiction, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Cultural appropriation

kenzers8's review

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

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Death, Violence, Rape, Addiction, Car accident, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Excrement, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Medical content, Mental illness, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Vomit

findleydunn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Murder, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Dementia, Death, Cultural appropriation, Sexual violence, Classism, Confinement, Car accident, Blood, Vomit, Violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Addiction

natkbailey's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death, and Alcohol

tagau's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

3.5

This was a difficult book for me to get into, it wasn’t until I was ½ way though that I really became invested in the story.

Once I was hooked though that was it. I finished the book in a matter of hours because I just had to know how it ended and if Justice was served. There are many lessons to be learned from this book. Lots of little tidbits of information that I can remember my grandmother telling me that I had almost forgotten. If nothing else, it’s a good read for those tidbits alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Murder, Hate crime, Racism, Drug use, Car accident, and Addiction

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape and Homophobia

megob's review against another edition

I really loved the book, up until the part where I stopped.

I totally understand that books can't all have a happy ending, and that this ending--had I read it--probably wouldn't be *un*happy, but I'm disappointed that that's how it went. Yeah, I was surprised, but I wouldn't have read the book knowing the ending. And that kinda ruins it for me.

 

First half of the book gets 5 stars. Third quarter gets 4 stars. Last 6% gets a DNF 🤷

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Addiction, Violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racism, Car accident, Confinement, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

If you're looking for spoilers based on content warnings.

the main character experiences or sees all the things listed above happen in her community. Multiple deaths throughout the book, many of which the reader is present for. Descriptions of her grief after these deaths. Neurodivergency affecting her experience of grief and understanding of the situations. A gun is directed at the main character. Descriptions of those in the throes of addiction. Graphic description of sexual assault with "fade to black" followed by internal and external gaslighting and the suggestion that this was not his first assault. Drugging and kidnapping resulting in confinement and forced compliance with illegal activity. Car accident follows which results in medical trauma and death.

At that point I stopped reading, so I'm not certain if anyone was brought to justice but it seems like they would be. Putting it all out there it seems like a horrible story, but it's really really not! The pacing and atmosphere of the first half of the book are very different from the last half.

eve81's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism