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m_storky's review
- 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
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Outing, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Racism, Murder, Rape, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Misogyny
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Alcoholism, Blood, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs
corneliusmcstrawberry's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Racism, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Grief, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Colonisation
Moderate: Pregnancy, Incest, Blood, and Miscarriage
ivybaggs's review
- 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
Graphic: Racism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Grief, Homophobia, Genocide, and Death
Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Rape, Murder, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Outing
Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Domestic abuse
kindredbooks's review
- 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
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.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Torture, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Child death, Racism, Homophobia, Animal death, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, and Kidnapping