Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

167 reviews

plumpeony's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Vomit, Gun violence, Colonisation, Rape, Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

asienerbrown's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

rileydobereading's review

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Death of parent, and Rape

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Death of parent, Genocide, Toxic relationship, and Torture

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

I love when I read a book that is unlike any book I’ve ever read before. This book opened up new worlds because I’ve not really read any contemporary books with Native people as the main characters. Learning about Native culture and customs through this novel was a breathtaking experience. The plot is believable, the characters choose paths that are unexpected, and the ending is sad but gives you a sense of finality as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident, Child death, Dementia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual violence, and Torture

klbreyfogle's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

The book is quite dark, and features themes of betrayal, drugs, and sexual assault. It’s also hopeful with strong community themes! Overall, it was quite complicated and I enjoyed it - the twists were somewhat predictable but the writing was compelling. I also appreciated the strong incorporation of Anishinaabe culture and the Great Lakes region. I could’ve done without the romance plot line, but as another commenter pointed out it’s YA and a younger audience probably likes it more than I do - I thought the themes stood up on their own without it. I did appreciate that

they went their own ways at the end and didn’t end up together just for the heck of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Rape, Drug abuse, Violence, Suicide, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical content and Colonisation

Minor: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

mandathebiblio's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Rape, Grief, Racism, Drug use, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicide, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

hmetwade's review

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Death, Car accident, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Grief, Racism, Blood, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic relationship

nataliekh'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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Grief, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Toxic relationship and Racial slurs

summerlyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved every minute of this book! The investigation was interesting and I loved learning more about another culture. The author highlighted many issues with how the Ojibwe community are treated, especially by the law enforcement/government. Daunis was such a great lead with so many layers. How she worked through problems and situations was so fun to read.The ending was so sad but also empowering for Daunis and extremely realistic. I cannot wait to read the second book in this series!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Torture, Racism, and Racial slurs

potaylachips's review against another edition

adventurous informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

I really enjoyed learning about a different culture with this book. The characters and community were so fleshed out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Car accident, Classism, Genocide, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

Minor: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Vomit