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Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel

27 reviews

kknel01's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

jbats's review

dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal death

hntrthmpsn31's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

emimli's review

challenging dark informative sad 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

5.0

I haven't cried this much because of a book in a long time. Daughters of the Deer is tough to get through (I recommend looking up content warnings before picking it up), but so so worth it. Jeanne's story in particular really resonated with me, and I found myself relating to many of her experiences and struggles despite the differences in time and culture. I can't recommend this novel enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

hannahquin's review

challenging emotional 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: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Murder, and Lesbophobia

kindredbooks's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I received a copy of Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel from Craft Public Relations and Penguin Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review.

Danielle Daniel is a master storyteller and she's proven to be so versatile in what she writes - children's books, middle grade novels, and now historical fiction. In Daughters of the Deer, Danielle Daniel transports readers to the 1600s, where we follow the lives of the women in the Algonquin territories. The story is inspired by her own family's ancestral link to this time period - where a young girl was murdered by French settlers. In this story, we first follow Marie of the Deer Clan who finds herself considering marriage to a French settler in order to strengthen the relationships between the settlers and her tribe in order to protect them from the Iroquois raids. Marie has many suspicions and doubts about these settlers and their beliefs but she does what is best for her people. Years later, her daughter Jeanne is struggling to find her place in this society where she is told what a woman can and must do. While who she is would be celebrated by her mother's people, the church and the settlers find her sinful. This beautiful, tragic and sorrowful story about Marie and Jeanne is one that shows how the abuse and violence against Indigenous women has been present ever since the beginning of the interactions between the settlers and the Indigenous peoples. 

Daniel Danielle continues to weave her magic in storytelling and I felt that I was there with Marie and Jeanne as their stories unfolded. I wanted to root for them so badly even as I knew that this story would end tragically. It is a story that continues to add to my education as a settler here on traditional lands - in understanding the culture, beliefs and lives of the Indigenous peoples, and seeing it juxtaposed with those of the settlers who sought to assimilate them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, and Kidnapping

readwithviv's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide