Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel

8 reviews

lumew2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

i need a cigarette.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Rape, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Outing, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Incest

khaben31's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Sexism, Death, Racism, Outing, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Animal death, Genocide, and Domestic abuse

daniellekat's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

An important story focused on colonialism in Canada that needs to be told more often. Ultimately the writing was just not for me. It was very simple and I was expecting something with more nuance and prose. The characters were flat and it was hard to understand their motivations with the changing POVs and switching from first and third person narration. I was confused by the target audience for this book because the content could be challenging but the writing was very juvenile. It would be a great novel study for high school students due to the developed themes and stylistic choices. It was fascinating to know that this fictional tale was rooted in the author’s ancestry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Grief, Suicide, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Outing, Animal death, Racism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Murder, and Pregnancy

jen_again's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Colonisation, Racism, Child death, Racial slurs, Outing, Homophobia, Murder, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

mold_munchr's review

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

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

ivybaggs's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

this is an emotional story that is told in a very caring way the way danielle wrote this was beautiful even if the story itself is heart wrenching it drew me in at the start and it drew tears at the end. when an author can make you feel such emotion and a connection with its characters you know their a good writer. these stories need to be told because every indigenous person deserves to have their ancestors stories told and theirs and especially the women and two spirited. i need everyone to read this to open their hearts and eyes and not only read an exceptional book but recognize that this may be fictional but it did happen the characters may be made up but these things have happened 

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Content Warnings

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

ibjilln's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Sexual violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Murder, Hate crime, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Child death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Outing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

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: Colonisation and Death

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